2013 Basra governorate election

2013 Basra Governorate election

20 April 2013 (2013-04-20)
All 35 seats for the Basra Governorate council
First party Third party   Leader Nouri al-Maliki Ammar al-Hakim Party State of Law Al-Mehraab Martyr List Seats won 16 6   Fourth party   Leader Muqtada al-Sadr Party Sadrist Movement Seats won 3
Governor of Basra before election Shitagh Abbud State of Law Subsequent Governor Majid al-Nasrawi Al-Mehraab Martyr List

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

Results

Summary of the 20 April 2013 Basra governorate election results

Party/Coalition		Allied national parties	Leader	Seats	Change	Votes	%	±%
	State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party	Nouri Al-Maliki	16	4	292,658	45.17%	8.18%
	Citizens Alliance	ISCI	Ammar al-Hakim	6	1	121,875	18.81%	7.22%
	Liberal Coalition	Liberal Bloc Tribal Forces Coalition Sadrist Movement	Dhia Najim al-Asadi	3	1	58,312	9.00%	4.04%
	Basra Independent Coalition	Kafaat al-Iraq National Fidelity Loyalty to Najaf ICICSO		2	2	29,384	4.54%	4.54%
	Gathering of Justice and Unity		al-Faiz	1	1	24,513	3.78%	0.38%
	Al Barsa’s Civil Alliance	Movement for Justice & Development Democratic Movement Labour & National Salvation Coalition People's Party (Iraq) National Meeting NDP Iraqi Communist Party	Faiq Al Sheikh Ali	1	1	17,541	2.71%
	Alternative Movement			1	1	15,643	2.41%
	Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation			1	1	15,493	2.39%
	Will of Iraq Movement			1	1	13,940	2.15%
	Al Iraqia National and United Coalition			1	1	13,319	2.06%
	Muttahidoon			1	1	10,386	1.60%
	National White Bloc					8,247	1.27%	1.27%
	Al Basra’s People					8,246	1.27%
	New Dawn Bloc					4,115	0.64%
	Iraqi Council for Reform and Change					3,536	0.55%
	Iraq’s Benevolence and Generosity List					2,568	0.40%
	Iraq’s Advocates for State Support					1,782	0.28%
	Islamic Advocates' Party					1,671	0.26%
	Novac Aram Butrosian Abu Mariana	Independent				1,165	0.18%
	Alaa’ Fawzi Kamel Tutunji	Independent				812	0.13%
	Doctor Saad Mitri Botros	Independent				643	0.10%
	Mohammad Al Maryani	Independent				592	0.09%
	Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Gathering Coalition					588	0.09%
	Legal Advisor Sanaa’ Al Asadi	Independent				565	0.09%
	Na’el Ghanem Aziz Hanna	Independent				343	0.05%
Total				35	-	647,937	100%
Sources: Musings on Iraq, ISW, IHEC Basra Results, List of political coalition approved for election in provincial councils - IHEC Archived 2015-05-28 at the Wayback Machine, al-Sumaria - Basra Coalitions

Local government formation

On 13 June 2013 Majid al-Nasrawi of the Citizen's Alliance was elected as the new Governor of Basra. Khalaf Abdul Samad, of the State of Law Coalition, was elected as Chairman of the Basra Provincial Council.