December 2005 election results, as released on 20 January 2006

Seats

% seats

Votes (k)

% votes

United Iraqi Alliance

128

46.5

5021.1

41.2

Kurdistan Alliance

53

19.3

2642.2

21.7

Iraqi Accord Front (Tawafiq)
(IIP, Adnan al-Dulaymi)

44

16.0

1840.2

15.1

Iraqi National List
(INA, ICP, Iraqis)

25

9.1

977.3

8.0

Iraqi National Dialogue Front (Hewar)
(Salih al-Mutlak)

11

4.0

500.0

4.1

Kurdistan Islamic Union

5

1.8

157.7

1.3

Reconciliation & Liberation
(Misha'n al-Juburi – Homeland Party)
(seats won in Kirkuk, Ninewa, Salahuddin)

3

1.1

129.8

1.1

Risalyun (Upholders of the Message)
(one national seat, one in Baghdad)

2

0.7

145.0

1.2

Iraqi Turkoman Front
(seat won in Kirkuk)

1

0.4

88.0

0.7

Al-Rafidayn List
(Assyrian Christian)
(compensatory seat won)

1

0.4

47.3

0.4

Mithal al-'Alusi List for the Iraqi Nation
(seat won in Baghdad)

1

0.4

32.2

0.3

Al-Izaydiyya Movement for Progress and Reform
(Yazidi)
(seat won in Ninewa)

1

0.4

21.9

0.2

(source)

Seats – 275
Majority – 138
Two-thirds majority – 184
Needed to act as a block – 92

UIA + Sadrists + secular Kurds + Islamic Kurds = 188
Sunnis + secular = 84
Small minorities = 3

% Voting for Shi’a parties                     =          42.4
% Voting for Kurdish parties                 =          23.1
% Voting for Sunni Arab parties            =          20.5
% Voting for secular parties                  =          8.3
% Voting for small minority parties        =          1.3

Seats won by governorate. NB: parties also won compensatory seats (1) and from the national list (44). (Source).

 

Governorate

Seats won = % of vote (number of votes in 000s)
  1.  

Baghdad

34 UIA = 56.6% (1494.0)
13 Accord = 21.1% (557.4)
8 INL = 13.4% (354.4)
1 Dialogue = 1.8% (47.8)
1 Risalyun = 1.8% (46.5)
1 Kurds = 1.0% (26.5)
1 Mithal al-‘Alusi = 0.6% (14.8)
  1.  

Salah al-Din

3 Accord = 33.1% (179.5)
2 Dialogue = 18.9% (102.4)
1 INL = 10.8% (58.5)
1 Reconciliation = 9.5% (51.3)
1 UIA = 7.4% (40.4)
  1.  

Al-Anbar

7 Accord = 73.8% (427.5)
2 Dialogue = 18.0% (104.4)
  1.  

Diyala (Ba'quba)

4 Accord = 37.5% (195.0)
2 UIA = 22.4% (116.3)
2 Kurds = 12.4% (64.3)
1 INL = 10.6% (55.1)
1 Dialogue = 10.4% (53.8)
  1.  

Ninawa (Mosul)

7 Accord = 36.7% (338.7)
4 Kurds = 19.4% (179.1)
2 INL = 11.0% (101.4)
2 Dialogue = 10.2% (94.1)
2 UIA = 7.6% (70.2)
1 Reconciliation = 2.9% (27.0)
1 Izaydiyya = 2.2% (20.5)
  1.  

Al-Ta'mim (Kirkuk)

5 Kurds = 53.4% (312.8)
1 Dialogue = 14.0% (82.1)
1 Turkoman = 10.9% (63.7)
1 Accord = 5.9% (34.7)
1 Reconciliation = 4.5% (26.3)
  1.  

Arbil

12 Kurds = 94.7% (773.0)
1 KIU = 3.6% (29.6)
  1.  

Sulaymaniyya

13 Kurds = 87.2% (697.0)
2 KIU = 10.8% (86.1)
  1.  

Dahuk

6 Kurds = 90.3% (377.4)
1 KIU = 7.1% (29.7)
  1.  

Babil (Hillah)

9 UIA = 76.2% (444.6)
1 INL = 8.7% (50.6)
1 Accord = 5.5% (31.9)
  1.  

Karbala

5 UIA = 76.1% (232.3)
1 INL = 11.7% (35.7)
  1.  

Al-Najaf

7 UIA = 82.0% (311.3)
1 INL = 7.8% (29.6)
  1.  

Al-Qadisiyya (Diwaniyya)

7 UIA = 81.5% (272.9)
1 INL = 8.5% (28.4)
  1.  

Wasit (Kut)

7 UIA = 80.7% (283.1)
1 INL = 8.1% (28.3)
  1.  

Basra

13 UIA = 77.5% (622.1)
2 INL = 11.0% (88.4)
1 Accord = 4.7% (37.4)
  1.  

Maysan (al-Amarah)

6 UIA = 86.9% (278.8)
1 INL = 4.3% (13.8)
  1.  

Dhi Qar (Nasiriyya)

11 UIA = 86.7% (505.4)
1 INL = 5.0% (29.3)
  1.  

Al-Muthanna (Samawa)

5 UIA = 86.5% (177.9)

 

Selected comparisons

National shares of the vote

List January - votes (in 000s)
December - votes (in 000s)		 January - % of the vote
December - % of the vote
United Iraqi Alliance 4075.3
5021.1		 48.2%
41.2%
Kurdistan Alliance 2175.6
2642.2		 25.7%
21.7%
Iraqi List + Iraqis + ICP = INL 1389.5
977.3		 16.4%
8.0%
Iraqi Turkoman Front 93.5
88.0		 1.1%
0.7%
Kurdish Islamic Union 60.6
157.7		 0.7%
1.3%
Islamic Task Organisation 43.2
23.6		 0.5%
0.2%
National Rafidayn (Assyrian) 36.3
47.3		 0.4%
0.4%
Reconciliation & Liberation 30.8
129.8		 0.4%
1.1%

NB: the comparisons are inexact due to the changing composition of the lists

Regional shares of the vote: UIA vs Iraqi National List vs Kurds (left blank if under 1% of the vote in both elections)

 

Governorate

UIA - % (vote) in January
UIA - % (vote) in December

 IL+Is+ICP - % (vote) in January
INL - % (vote) in December		 Kurdish A - % (vote) in January
Kurdish A - % (vote) in December
  1.  

Baghdad

60.6% (1130.2)
56.6% (1494.0)

27.3% (510.0)
13.4% (354.4)		 2.4% (45.5)
1.0% (26.5)
  1.  

Salah al-Din

21.5% (31.1)
7.4% (40.4)

 23.2% (33.6)
10.8% (58.5)		 13.6% (19.7)
5.0% (26.9)
  1.  

Al-Anbar

34.8% (4.8)
0.0% (0.2)

 48.5% (6.7)
3.1% (17.9)		 n/a
  1.  

Diyala (Ba'quba)

43.2% (88.2)
22.4% (116.3)

 22.9% (46.8)
10.6% (55.1)		 17.4% (35.6)
12.4% (64.3)
  1.  

Ninawa (Mosul)

11.5% (23.2)
7.6% (70.2)

 39.1% (79.0)
11.0% (101.4)		 38.3% (77.2)
19.4% (179.1)
  1.  

Al-Ta'mim (Kirkuk)

 5.0% (19.8)
3.4% (19.7)		 10.7% (42.5)
2.4% (14.3)		 59.7% (237.0)
53.4% (312.8)
  1.  

Arbil

n/a

 n/a 94.8% (622.9)
94.7% (773.0)
  1.  

Sulaymaniyya

n/a

 n/a 91.5% (679.6)
87.2% (697.0)
  1.  

Dahuk

n/a

 n/a 95.3% (375.2)
90.3% (377.4)
  1.  

Babil (Hillah)

79.3% (397.7)
76.2% (444.6)

 13.7% (68.5)
8.7% (50.6)		 n/a
  1.  

Karbala

69.9% (211.4)
76.1% (232.3)

 22.7% (68.6)
11.7% (35.7)		 n/a
  1.  

Al-Najaf

78.8% (290.2)
82.0% (311.3)

 14.9% (55.0)
7.8% (29.6)		 n/a
  1.  

Al-Qadisiyya (Diwaniyya)

74.8% (253.2)
81.5% (272.9)

 16.8% (57.0)
8.5% (28.4)		 n/a
  1.  

Wasit (Kut)

73.5% (256.1)
80.7% (283.1)

 18.5% (64.4)
8.1% (28.3)		 n/a
  1.  

Basra

70.2% (518.1)
77.5% (622.1)

 21.8% (160.8)
11.0% (88.4)		 n/a
  1.  

Maysan (al-Amarah)

 69.2% (175.3)
86.9% (278.8)		 20.1% (50.9)
4.3% (13.8)		 n/a
  1.  

Dhi Qar (Nasiriyya)

80.9% (429.5)
86.7% (505.4)

 11.8% (62.8)
5.0% (29.3)		 n/a
  1.  

Al-Muthanna (Samawa)

77.1% (146.0)
86.5% (177.9)

 18.2% (34.4)
4.3% (8.9)		 n/a


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