Iraqi National Movement
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The Iraqi National Movement (INM) (Arabic
: الحركة الوطنية العراقية al-Haraka al-Wataniya al-Iraqiyya), more commonly known as the al-Iraqiya List is an Iraq
i political coalition formed to contest the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010 by Iraqi Vice President
Tariq al-Hashimi
's Renewal List
, the Iraqi National List
led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi
and the Iraqi National Dialogue Front led by Saleh al-Mutlaq. The party includes both Shi'a leaders (like Allawi) and Sunni leaders (like al-Mutlaq and al-Hashimi) and claims to be secular and non-sectarian.
In February, after appeals against a ban on Iraqi National Dialogue Front leader Saleh al-Mutlaq were rejected, the Iraqi National Dialogue Front decided to boycott the elections in protest of the decision and urged other parties to boycott as well. Later, on 25 February al-Mutlaq announced that his party will take part in the upcoming general election and urged his followers to turn out en masse to avoid fraud.
With 2,849,612 votes (24.7%) and 91 seats the Iraqiya List became the biggest list in the elections, winning two seats more than Nouri al-Maliki
's State of Law Coalition
, which won 89 seats and 2,792,083 votes (24.2%).
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
: الحركة الوطنية العراقية al-Haraka al-Wataniya al-Iraqiyya), more commonly known as the al-Iraqiya List is an Iraq
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....
i political coalition formed to contest the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010 by Iraqi Vice President
Vice President of Iraq
As currently constituted, the state of Iraq has two vice presidents or deputy presidents. The office of Vice President is largely ceremonial but prestigious...
Tariq al-Hashimi
Tariq Al-Hashimi
Tariq al-Hashimi is an Iraqi politician and was general secretary of the Iraqi Islamic Party until May 2009. Along with Adil Abdul Mahdi, he is a Vice President of Iraq in the government formed after the December 2005 elections...
's Renewal List
Renewal List
The Renewal List is an Iraqi political party founded by the Sunni Arab Vice President of Iraq, Tariq al-Hashimi in 2009 to contest the Iraqi legislative election of 2010....
, the Iraqi National List
Iraqi National List
The Iraqi National List is a coalition of Iraqi political parties who ran in the December 2005 Iraqi elections and got 8.0% of the vote and 25 out of 275 seats...
led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi
Iyad Allawi
Ayad Allawi is an Iraqi politician, and was the interim Prime Minister of Iraq prior to Iraq's 2005 legislative elections. A prominent Iraqi political activist who lived in exile for almost 30 years, the politically secular Shia Muslim became a member of the Iraq Interim Governing Council, which...
and the Iraqi National Dialogue Front led by Saleh al-Mutlaq. The party includes both Shi'a leaders (like Allawi) and Sunni leaders (like al-Mutlaq and al-Hashimi) and claims to be secular and non-sectarian.
In February, after appeals against a ban on Iraqi National Dialogue Front leader Saleh al-Mutlaq were rejected, the Iraqi National Dialogue Front decided to boycott the elections in protest of the decision and urged other parties to boycott as well. Later, on 25 February al-Mutlaq announced that his party will take part in the upcoming general election and urged his followers to turn out en masse to avoid fraud.
With 2,849,612 votes (24.7%) and 91 seats the Iraqiya List became the biggest list in the elections, winning two seats more than Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri Kamil Mohammed Hasan al-Maliki , also known as Jawad al-Maliki or Abu Esraa, is the Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Al-Maliki and his government succeeded the Iraqi Transitional Government. He is currently in his second term as Prime Minister...
's State of Law Coalition
State of Law Coalition
The State of Law Coalition also known as Rule of Law Coalition is an Iraqi political coalition formed for the Iraqi governorate elections, 2009 by Prime Minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki and his Islamic Dawa Party....
, which won 89 seats and 2,792,083 votes (24.2%).
2010 Parliamentary Election
In the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010 the coalition consisted of the following parties:- Iraqi National AccordIraqi National AccordThe Iraqi National Accord known inside Iraq as Wifaq is an Iraqi political party founded by Iyad Allawi and Salah Omar Al-Ali in 1991. Al-Ali subsequently left the party after he realised the extent of Allawi's links to foreign intelligence agencies, mainly the C.I.A. and MI6.It was founded at the...
- led by former Prime MinisterPrime Minister of IraqThe Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq's head of government. Prime Minister was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament. Under the newly adopted constitution the Prime Minister is to be the country's active executive authority...
Iyad AllawiIyad AllawiAyad Allawi is an Iraqi politician, and was the interim Prime Minister of Iraq prior to Iraq's 2005 legislative elections. A prominent Iraqi political activist who lived in exile for almost 30 years, the politically secular Shia Muslim became a member of the Iraq Interim Governing Council, which... - Iraqi National Dialogue Front - led by Saleh al-MutlaqSaleh al-MutlaqSaleh Muhammed al-Mutlaq is an Iraqi politician who is the head of Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, the fifth largest political list in Iraq's parliament. Since 21 December 2010, he has been one of the three deputy prime ministers of Iraq....
but due his ban it was led in the election by his brother Ibrahim al-Mutlaq - Renewal ListRenewal ListThe Renewal List is an Iraqi political party founded by the Sunni Arab Vice President of Iraq, Tariq al-Hashimi in 2009 to contest the Iraqi legislative election of 2010....
- led by Vice PresidentVice President of IraqAs currently constituted, the state of Iraq has two vice presidents or deputy presidents. The office of Vice President is largely ceremonial but prestigious...
Tariq al-HashimiTariq Al-HashimiTariq al-Hashimi is an Iraqi politician and was general secretary of the Iraqi Islamic Party until May 2009. Along with Adil Abdul Mahdi, he is a Vice President of Iraq in the government formed after the December 2005 elections... - Iraqi Turkmen FrontIraqi Turkmen FrontThe Iraqi Turkmen Front is a political movement founded in 1995 which seeks to represent the Turkmen people of Iraq. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the ITF has contested control of Kirkuk and other areas of northern Iraq....
- led by Sadettin ErgeçSadettin ErgeçSadettin Ergeç is an Iraqi Turkmen politician and the leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front political party. In December 2005, he was elected as the sole member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives on the ITF list...
, who did not run for the elections - al-HadbaAl-HadbaThe al-Hadba party is an Arab nationalist political party formed to contest the Iraqi governorate elections, 2009 in Ninawa province. It is mostly made up of Sunni Arabs. Its leading member Atheel al-Najafi is brother of Usama al-Najafi who is part of the Iraqi National List led by former Iraqi...
- led by Ninawa governor Atheel al-Nujayfi but for the election, by his brother Usama al-Nujayfi - National Movement for Development and ReformNational Movement for Development and ReformNational Movement for Development and Reform or more commonly known as Al-Hal is a political party in Iraq. The party is a Sunni-based party....
(al-Hal) - led by Jamal al-Karbuli - The IraqisThe IraqisThe Iraqis is an Iraqi political party led by Vice-President Ghazi al-Yawar. It was the largest Sunni party to participate in the January 2005 Iraqi election. During the election campaign, al-Yawar was President of Iraq, a then largely symbolic but still prominent position. The party consists of...
- led by ex-PresidentPresident of IraqThe President of Iraq is the head of state of Iraq and "safeguards the commitment to the Constitution and the preservation of Iraq's independence, sovereignty, unity, the security of its territories in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution." The President is elected by the Council of...
Ghazi al-Yawer - National Future Gathering -led by Deputy Prime MinisterDeputy Prime MinisterA deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some counties, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, but is significantly different, though both...
Rafi al-IssawiRafi al-IssawiDr. Rafi Hiyad al-Issawi is the current Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from the Iraqi Islamic Party. He was approved by the Iraqi Council of Representatives on 19 July 2008.... - Iraqi Arab Gathering - led by Abdul Karim Abtan al-Jubouri
- Assembly of Independent DemocratsAssembly of Independent DemocratsThe Assembly of Independent Democrats is an electoral coalition that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly legislative election in Iraq...
- led by Adnan PachachiAdnan PachachiAdnan al-Pachachi or Adnan Muzahim Amin al-Pachachi is a veteran Iraqi politician and diplomat. Pachachi was Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1959 to 1965 and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq from 1965 to 1967; he again served as Permanent Representative to the UN... - Numerous Independent politicians
Results
| Governorate | Votes | Percentage | Seats Won | Total Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anbar | 294,420 | 62.3% | 11 | 14 |
| Babil | 104,746 | 17.9% | 3 | 16 |
| Baghdad | 841,755 | 33.1% | 24 | 68 |
| Basra | 75,387 | 9.3% | 3 | 24 |
| Dhi Qar | 43,706 | 7.6% | 1 | 18 |
| Diyala | 245,025 | 48.7% | 8 | 13 |
| Karbala | 36,061 | 10.8% | 1 | 10 |
| Kirkuk | 211,675 | 38.0% | 6 | 12 |
| Maysan | 15,913 | 5.8% | 0 | 10 |
| Muthanna | 17,712 | 7.7% | 0 | 7 |
| Najaf | 29,652 | 7.2% | 0 | 12 |
| Ninawa Ninawa Governorate Ninawa is a governorate in northern Iraq, and the Arabic name for the biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,453,000 people in 2003. Its chief city and provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris river from the ruins of ancient... |
593,936 | 56.3% | 20 | 31 |
| Qadisiyyah | 55,030 | 14.7% | 2 | 11 |
| Salah ad-Din | 233,591 | 47.8% | 8 | 12 |
| Wassit | 51,003 | 13.5% | 2 | 11 |
| Compensatory seats | 2 | 7 | ||
| Total: | 2,849,612 | 24.8% | 91 | 325 |
| Party | Seats |
|---|---|
| Iraqi National Accord Iraqi National Accord The Iraqi National Accord known inside Iraq as Wifaq is an Iraqi political party founded by Iyad Allawi and Salah Omar Al-Ali in 1991. Al-Ali subsequently left the party after he realised the extent of Allawi's links to foreign intelligence agencies, mainly the C.I.A. and MI6.It was founded at the... |
28 |
| Iraqi National Dialogue Front | 16 |
| al-Hal | 13 |
| al-Hadba Al-Hadba The al-Hadba party is an Arab nationalist political party formed to contest the Iraqi governorate elections, 2009 in Ninawa province. It is mostly made up of Sunni Arabs. Its leading member Atheel al-Najafi is brother of Usama al-Najafi who is part of the Iraqi National List led by former Iraqi... |
9 |
| National Future Gathering | 8 |
| Renewal List Renewal List The Renewal List is an Iraqi political party founded by the Sunni Arab Vice President of Iraq, Tariq al-Hashimi in 2009 to contest the Iraqi legislative election of 2010.... |
7 |
| The Iraqis The Iraqis The Iraqis is an Iraqi political party led by Vice-President Ghazi al-Yawar. It was the largest Sunni party to participate in the January 2005 Iraqi election. During the election campaign, al-Yawar was President of Iraq, a then largely symbolic but still prominent position. The party consists of... |
6 |
| Iraqi Turkmen Front Iraqi Turkmen Front The Iraqi Turkmen Front is a political movement founded in 1995 which seeks to represent the Turkmen people of Iraq. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the ITF has contested control of Kirkuk and other areas of northern Iraq.... |
3 |
| Iraqi Arab Gathering | 1 |