2013 Basra governorate election

2013 Basra Governorate election

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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 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%
		Kafaat al-Iraq National Fidelity		2	2	29,384	4.54%	4.54%
	Gathering of Justice and Unity	Movement for Justice & Development Democratic Movement Labour & National Salvation Coalition People's Party National Meeting NDP Iraqi Communist Party	al-Faiz	1	1	24,513	3.78%	0.38%
				1	1	17,541	2.71%
				1	1	15,643	2.41%
	Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation			1	1	15,493	2.39%
				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%
						8,246	1.27%
						4,115	0.64%
						3,536	0.55%
						2,568	0.40%
						1,782	0.28%
						1,671	0.26%
		Independent				1,165	0.18%
		Independent				812	0.13%
	Doctor	Independent				643	0.10%
		Independent				592	0.09%
						588	0.09%
	Legal Advisor	Independent				565	0.09%
		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, 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. , of the State of Law Coalition, was elected as Chairman of the Basra Provincial Council.^[1][2]

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