Civil Democratic Alliance
Appearance
Civil Democratic Alliance التحالف المدني الديمقراطي | |
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File:Logo of Civil Democratic Alliance, july 2014.jpg | |
Leader | Ali Khathem Aziz[1] |
Founded | 11 December 2013 |
Headquarters | Al-Nethal Street, Baghdad, Iraq[2] |
Ideology | Liberalism Reformism Secularism[3] Nonsectarianism[4] Anti-corruption[4] |
Political position | Centre |
Colours | Orange, blue |
Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq: | 3 / 328 |
Website | |
Official Facebook Page |
The Civil Democratic Alliance (Arabic: التحالف المدني الديمقراطي, al-taḥalof al-madani al-Democrati ) is an Iraqi political coalition formed for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election by various liberal and civil figures.[5]
2014 Parliamentary Election
In the Iraqi 2014 parliamentary election the Civil Democratic Alliance is composed of several political blocs:
- People's Party
- Iraqi Ummah Party
- Iraqi Liberal Party[6]
- National Democratic Action Party
- Iraqi Communist Party[3]
- National Democratic Party
- Arab Socialist Movement
- Democratic Action Movement[7]
The alliance won three seats from Baghdad with 112,563 votes. The parliamentary representatives are Mithal Al-Alusi (30,054 votes), Faiq Al Sheikh Ali (24,256 votes), and Shirouk Al-Abaychi (1,317 votes).
References
- ^ "Civil Democratic Alliance". Al Sumaria. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Civil Democratic Alliance 232". Facebook. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Secularist underdogs fight to be heard in Iraq election". Reuters. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Iraqi Communist Party to contest parliamentary elections under the Civil Democratic Alliance". Iraqi Letter. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Iraqi liberals losing ground to Islamists". Al Monitor. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ Naeem, Hadi. "Hadi Naeem". Facebook. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "The formation of Civil Democratic Alliance announced". Noor News. Retrieved 5 September 2014.