2009 Karbala governorate election

2009 Karbala Governorate election
	31 January 2009
All 27 seats for the Karbala Governorate council
Governor of Karbala before election; Uqeil al-Khazaali; ISCI	Subsequent Governor ; Amaleddin Majeed Hameed Kadhem; State of Law

The Karbala 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 Karbala governorate election results
Coalition 2005/2009	Allied national parties	Leader	Seats (2005)	Seats (2009)	Change	Votes
Yousef Majid Al-Habboubi	Independent		–	1	+1	37,864
Amal al-Rafidayn (Hope of Rafidain)		Abbas al-Musawi Mohammad al-Musawi	–	9	+9	26,967
State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party	Nouri Al-Maliki	–	9	+9	25,469
Al Mihrab Martyr List	ISCI	Abdul Aziz al-Hakim	21	4	-15	19,364
Independent Free Movement List	Sadrist Movement	Muqtada al-Sadr	–	4	+4	19,215
Islamic Virtue Party	Islamic Vertue Party	Abdelrahim Al-Husseini	5	–	-5	7,826
Independent Council of Tribal Shaykhs & Notables of Karbala Governorate			2	–	-2	6,175
Democratic Meeting for Holy Karbala			2	–	-2
Democratic Progressive Gathering			2	–	-2
Independent Intellectuals Gathering			2	–	-2
Independent Unified List for the Governorate of Holy Karbala			2	–	-2
Iraqi Democratic Current			2	–	-2
Shi’ite Political Council			2	–	-2
Abbas al-Hasnawi			1	–	-1
Other Parties
Total			41	27	-14	291,479
Sources: this article – al Sumaria – New York Times -^[1]

^ final election results Archived 12 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Niqash, 2009-02-25