Maysan governorate election, 2013

Maysan Governorate election, 2013

20 April 2013 (2013-04-20)

All 27 seats for the Maysan Governorate council   First party Second party Third party   Leader Muqtada al-Sadr Nouri al-Maliki Ammar al-Hakim Party Sadrist Movement State of Law Coalition Al-Mehraab Martyr List Seats won 9 8 6

Governor of Maysan before election Muhammed al-Sudani State of Law Coalition Subsequent Governor TBD

The Maysan governorate election of 2013 was held on 20 April 2013 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan, Kirkuk, Anbar, and Ninevah.

Results

Summary of the 20 April 2013 Maysan governorate election results

Party/Coalition		Allied national parties	Leader	Seats	Change	Votes
	Liberal Coalition	Sadrist Movement	Muqtada al-Sadr	9	2	89,906
	State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party National Reform Trend	Nouri Al-Maliki	8	4*	77,917
	Citizens Alliance	ISCI	Ammar al-Hakim	6	2	63,060
	Honesty and Generosity			1	1	11,605
	National Partnership Gathering			1	1	10,771
	National Flag Gathering			1	1	9,814
	Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation			1	1	5,615
	Maysan Civil Alliance					2,894
	Al Iraqia National and United Coalition					771
Total				27	-	272,353
Sources: Musings on Iraq, ISW, IHEC Maysan Results, List of political coalition approved for election in provincial councils - IHEC, al-Sumaria - Maysan Coalitions
Notes: *Although the State of Law Coalition only won 8 seats in 2009, the National Reform Trend ran as part of the State of Law Coalition in 2013. The NRT had won 4 seats in Maysan in 2009.

References

Iraqi governorate elections, 2013 Al-Anbar Arbīl Bābil Baghdād Al-Basrah Dahūk Dhī Qār Diyālā Karbalā' Maysān Al-Muthannā An-Najaf Nīnawā Al-Qādisiyyah Kirkūk Salāh ad-Dīn As-Sulaymāniyyah Wāsit