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2009 Diyala governorate election

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2009 Diyala Governorate election

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All 29 seats for the Diyala Governorate council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ayad al-Samarrai Saleh al-Mutlaq
Party Tawafuq INDF
Last election 14 0
Seats before 14 0
Seats won 9 6
Seat change Decrease5 Increase6
Popular vote 91,135 66,309
Percentage 21.2% 15.4%
Swing Decrease18.9% Increase15.4%

  Third party Fourth party
  Ayad Allawi
Leader Barham Salih Ayad Allawi
Party Kurdistani List INL
Last election 7 0
Seats before 7 0
Seats won 6 3
Seat change Decrease1 Increase3
Popular vote 62,219 42,650
Percentage 14.5% 9.9%
Swing Increase0.12% Increase9.9%

Governor of Diyala before election

Raad Hameed al-Mula al-Tamimi
ISCI

Subsequent Governor

Abdulnasir al-Muntasirbillah
Tawafuq

The Diyala governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.

Campaign

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A Sunni Arab candidate from the National Reform Trend was killed near the disputed town of Mandali.[1]

Results

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Immediately after the election, the Iraqi National List and the Iraqi National Dialogue Front claimed victory in Diyala.[2] The final results saw them both winning seats, but no part having an overall majority.

A month after the vote, 2000 supporters of ISCI protested at the results, saying internally displaced refugee supporters had been unable to vote, and a large number of their supporters had turned up to vote to find their names were not on the electoral roll.[3]

In March, the INDF said they would form an alliance with the State of Law Coalition and the Iraqi Islamic Party allied with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.[4]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Tawafuq91,13521.179−5
Hiwar66,30915.416+6
Kurdistan Alliance62,21914.466−1
Iraqi National List42,6509.913+3
State of Law Coalition27,4086.372+2
Diyala Coalition25,0685.822+2
National Reform Trend20,1404.681+1
Other parties95,47822.180
Total430,407100.0029−12
Source: Niqash,[5] Al Sumaria, New York Times

References

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  1. ^ "Poll candidates killed in Iraq". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. ^ Who are big winners in Iraq election? Depends on whom you ask, Chicago Tribune, 2009-02-04
  3. ^ "Iraqi Shia protest at Diyala vote". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. ^ "New Alliances in Iraq Cross Sectarian Lines". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. ^ final election results, Niqash, 2009-02-25