2009 Karbala Governorate election

31 January 2009 (2009-01-31)

All 27 seats for the Karbala Governorate council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Yousef Majid Al-Habboubi Mohammad al-Musawi
Party Independent Amal al-Rafidayn
Last election 0 0
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 1 9
Seat change Increase1 Increase9
Popular vote 37,864 26,967
Percentage 13% 9.25%
Swing Increase13% Increase9.25%

  Third party Fourth party
  Nouri al-Maliki Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Leader Nouri al-Maliki Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Party State of Law Al-Mehraab Martyr List
Last election 0 21
Seats before 0 21
Seats won 9 5
Seat change Increase9 Decrease15
Popular vote 25,469 19,364
Percentage 8.7% 6.6%
Swing Increase8.7% Decrease27.7%

Governor of Karbala before election

Uqeil al-Khazaali
ISCI

Subsequent Governor

Amaleddin Majeed Hameed Kadhem
State of Law

The Karbala governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.

Results

Summary of the 31 January 2009 Karbala governorate election results
Coalition 2005/2009Allied national partiesLeaderSeats (2005)Seats (2009)ChangeVotes
Yousef Majid Al-HabboubiIndependent1+137,864
Amal al-Rafidayn (Hope of Rafidain)Abbas al-Musawi
Mohammad al-Musawi
9+926,967
State of Law CoalitionIslamic Dawa PartyNouri Al-Maliki9+925,469
Al Mihrab Martyr ListISCIAbdul Aziz al-Hakim214-1519,364
Independent Free Movement ListSadrist MovementMuqtada al-Sadr4+419,215
Islamic Virtue PartyIslamic Vertue PartyAbdelrahim Al-Husseini5-57,826
Independent Council of Tribal Shaykhs & Notables of Karbala Governorate2-26,175
Democratic Meeting for Holy Karbala2-2
Democratic Progressive Gathering2-2
Independent Intellectuals Gathering2-2
Independent Unified List for the Governorate of Holy Karbala2-2
Iraqi Democratic Current2-2
Shi’ite Political Council2-2
Abbas al-Hasnawi1-1
Other Parties
Total4127-14291,479
Sources: this articleal SumariaNew York Times -[1]

References

  1. final election results Archived 12 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Niqash, 2009-02-25
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