Al-Anbar governorate council election, 2005
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The election for the governorate council of Iraq
's al-Anbar governorate were held on January 30, 2005, the same date as the Iraqi legislative election
. The largely Sunni province is one of the most violent in Iraq and turnout was very low. Of the total population of some 2.2 million only 3775 voted. Some 13,000 voted in the transitional assembly election.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
's al-Anbar governorate were held on January 30, 2005, the same date as the Iraqi legislative election
Iraqi legislative election, January 2005
Elections for the National Assembly of Iraq were held on January 30, 2005 in Iraq. The 275-member National Assembly was a parliament created under the Transitional Law during the Occupation of Iraq...
. The largely Sunni province is one of the most violent in Iraq and turnout was very low. Of the total population of some 2.2 million only 3775 voted. Some 13,000 voted in the transitional assembly election.
Party | Arabic name | Votes | Percent | Seats (probable) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Iraqi Islamic Party Iraqi Islamic Party The Iraqi Islamic Party is currently the largest Sunni Islamist political party in Iraq as well as the most prominent member of the Iraqi Accord Front political coalition. It is currently part of the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki... |
al-Hizb al-Islami al-Airaqi | 2692 | 71.3% | 29 |
Independent Iraqi Group | al-Hia al-Airaqia al-Mustaqila | 755 | 20% | 8 |
Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc The Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc or Kutla al-Musalaha wa't-Tahrir is an Iraqi political party. The Sunni, liberal, and secularist party was founded as the Iraqi Homeland Party in Jordan in 1995 by exiles from Saddam's regime. A prominent member was Saddam's son-in-law Hussein Kamel al-Majid... |
Kutla al-Musalaha wa at-Tahrir | 328 | 8.7% | 4 |
Total valid votes: | 3775 | 100% | 41 | |
Invalid votes: | 28 |