Najaf governorate election, 2013

20 April 2013 (2013-04-20)

All 29 seats for the Najaf Governorate council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Adnan al-Zurufi	Abdul Aziz al-Hakim	Nouri al-Maliki
Party	Loyalty for Najaf	Al-Mehraab Martyr List	State of Law Coalition
Last election	4	7	0
Seats before			8
Seats won	9	6	5
Seat change	5	1	3
Popular vote	118,310	82,020	76,519
Percentage	29.33%	20.34%	18.97%
Swing	20.4%	5.53%	2.75%

	Fourth party

Leader	Muqtada al-Sadr
Party	Sadrist Movement
Last election	6
Seats won	4
Seat change	2
Popular vote	45,167
Percentage	11.20%
Swing	0.67%

Governor of Najaf before election

Adnan al-Zurufi
Loyalty for Najaf

Subsequent Governor

TBD

The Najaf 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	%	Swing
	Loyalty for Najaf		Adnan al-Zurufi	9	5	118,310	29.33%	20.4%
	Citizens Alliance	ISCI	Ammar al-Hakim	6	1	82,020	20.34%	5.53%
	State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party	Nouri Al-Maliki	5	3	76,519	18.97%	2.75%
	Liberal Coalition	Sadrist Movement	Muqtada al-Sadr	4	2	45,167	11.20%	0.67%
	Equitable State Movement			2	2	25,889	6.42%
	Najaf Province’s Change Coalition			1	1	14,464	3.59%
	National Partnership Gathering			1	1	14,314	3.55%
	Renaissance and Building Gathering			1	1	8,521	2.11%
	Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation		Hashim Al-Mosawy	1	1	7,571	1.88%
	Al Najaf Civil Alliance					5,760	1.43%
	Al Iraqia National and United Coalition		Ayad Allawi			2,599	0.64%
	Iraq’s Benevolence and Generosity List					1,976	0.49%	0.49%
	Iraq’s Integrity Gathering					211	0.05%	0.05%
Total				29	-	403,321
Sources: Musings on Iraq, ISW, IHEC Najaf Results, List of political coalition approved for election in provincial councils - IHEC, al-Sumaria - Najaf Coalitions
Notes:

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