Al-Anbar governorate council election, 2005

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The election for the governorate council of Iraq's al-Anbar governorate were held on January 30, 2005, the same date as the Iraqi legislative election. The largely Sunni province is one of the most violent in Iraq and turnout was very low. Of the total population of some 1.2 million only 3775 voted. Some 13,000 voted in the transitional assembly election.

Party	Arabic name	Votes	Percent	Seats (probable)
Iraqi Islamic Party	al-Hizb al-Islami al-Airaqi	2692	71.3%	29
Independent Iraqi Group	al-Hia al-Airaqia al-Mustaqila	755	20%	8
Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc	Kutla al-Musalaha wa at-Tahrir	328	8.7%	4
Total valid votes:		3775	100%	41
Invalid votes:		28