2009 Maysan governorate election

2009 Maysan Governorate election

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31 January 2009 (2009-01-31)

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All 26 seats for the Maysan Governorate council

	First party	Second party

Leader	Nouri al-Maliki	Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Party	State of Law	Al-Mehraab Martyr List
Last election	1	6
Seats before	1	6
Seats won	8	7
Seat change	7	1
Popular vote	42,214	35,093
Percentage	18%	15.97%
Swing

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Muqtada al-Sadr	Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Party	Independent Free Movement	National Reform Trend
Last election	15	0
Seats before	15	0
Seats won	7	4
Seat change	9	4
Popular vote	35,075	20,144
Percentage	14.96%	8.59%
Swing		8.59%

Governor of Maysan before election

Adil Mahwadar Radi
Sadrist Movement

Subsequent Governor

Muhammed al-Sudani
State of Law

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

Results

Summary of the 31 January 2009 Maysan governorate election results
Coalition 2005/2009	Allied national parties	Leader	Seats (2005)	Seats (2009)	Change	Votes
State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party	Nouri Al-Maliki	1	8	+7	42,214
Al Mihrab Martyr List	ISCI	Abdul Aziz al-Hakim	6	7	+1	35,093
Independent Free Movement List	Sadrist Movement	Muqtada al-Sadr	15	7	-8	35,075
National Reform Trend	National Reform Trend	Ibrahim al-Jaafari	–	4	+4	20,144
Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organization	IDPIO		5	–	-5
Al-Rida Center for Culture & Guidance			3	–	-3
Gathering of the Independent Sons of Maysan			2	–	-2
Iraqi Republican Group			2	–	-2
Independent National Islamic Congregation			1	-	-1
Maysan Democratic Coalition			1	–	-1
Shi’ite Political Council			1	-	-1
Other Parties						101,872
Total			41	26	-15	234,398
Sources: this article – Al Sumaria – New York Times -^[1]