The Governorate Council election in the Ninawa governorate of Iraq

Iraq

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 was held on January 30, 2005, simultaneously with the national legislative election. The province is largely a mix of Sunnis and Kurd

Kürd

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s, but there is also a significant Shi'ite presence. Despite making the vast majority, almost all Sunni Arabs boycotted the election

Election boycott

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, leading to the Kurdish party winning almost all of the seats.

Party	Arabic name	Votes	Percent	Seats probable
Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan sometimes referred to simply as the Kurdistan Alliance is the name of the electoral coalition first presented as a united Kurdish list in the January 2005 election in Iraq. Elections were held simultaneously for the assembly of the Kurdistan Regional...	al-Qaima al-Watania ad-Dimoqratia al-Kurdistania	109,295	65.9%	31
Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq is an Iraqi political party. Its political support comes from the country's Shi'a Muslim community. Prior to his assassination in August 2003, SCIRI was led by Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim; afterwards it was led by the ayatollah's brother, Abdul Aziz...	al-Majlis al-Ala lil-Thawra al-Islamia fi'l-'Iraq	17,255	10.4%	5
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-'Iraqi	7,065	4.2%	2
Council of the United Clans of Mosul	Majlis Ashair al-Mawsal al-Muhwahid	6,624	4.0%	2
National Rafidain List National Rafidain List The National Rafidain List or Al Rafidain National List is the name of the list that is used by Assyrian Democratic Movement during the Iraqi elections, headed by Yunadam Kanna....	al-Qaima ar-Rafidain al-Watania	4,650	2.8%	1
Iraqi National Unity Assembly	Tajammu al-Wahida al-Watania al-'Iraqi	3,908	2.3%	0
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't-Tahrir	3,352	2.0%	0
Turkoman Front of Iraq	Jubha Turkoman al-'Iraq	2,994	1.8%	0
Iraqi Independent Group	al-Hia al-'iraqia al-Mustaqila	2,607	1.6%	0
Democratic Two Rivers Alliance	Aintlaf ar-Rafidain ad-Dimuqrati	2,315	1.4%	0
National Front for the Unity of Iraq	al-Jabha al-Watania li-Wahidat al-'Iraq	2,092	1.3%	0
Iraqi Communist Party Iraqi Communist Party Since its foundation in 1934, the Iraqi Communist Party has dominated the left in Iraqi politics. It played a fundamental role in shaping the political history of Iraq between its foundation and the 1970s. The Party was involved in many of the most important national uprisings and demonstrations...	al-Hizb ash-Shuyu'i al-'Iraqi	1,041	0.6%	0
National League of Leaders and Sheiks of Iraqi Clans - National Clans Organization		903	0.5%	0
Party of the Chaldean Democratic Union	Hizb al-Ittihad ad-Dimuqrati al-Kaldani	750	0.4%	0
Democratic Construction Party	Hizb al-Bina' ad-Dimuqrati	560	0.3%	0
Kurdistan Conservative Party Kurdistan Conservative Party The Kurdistan Conservative Party is led by Zaid Surchi and Zainab bin Khalil. The List represents tribal leaders and is dominated by the Surchi family. In 1996 KDP forces clashed with fighters from the Surchi family's home villages, killing Hussein Surchi, Zaid's uncle. The PUK supported the...	Hizb al-Muhafizeen al-Kurdistani	523	0.3%	0
Total valid votes:		165,934	100%	41
Invalid votes:		864