Al-Anbar governorate council election, 2005

Al-Anbar governorate council election, 2005

30 January 2005

All 41 seats for the al-Anbar Governorate council Turnout 2%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Tariq al-Hashimi Falah Hassan al-Naqib Misha'an al-Juburi Party Iraqi Islamic Party Independent Iraqi Group Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc Seats won 29 8 4 Popular vote 2,692 755 328 Percentage 71.31% 20% 8.69%

Subsequent Governor Raja Nawaf Farhan al-Mahalawi Iraqi Islamic Party

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.

Election

The largely Sunni province was one of the most violent in Iraq during the Iraqi insurgency, and turnout was extremely low, with the vast bulk of Anbars residents choosing to boycott the election^[1] out of a mixture of distrust for a system perceived to be unfair, and a fear of violence from insurgent groups.^[2] Of the total population of some 2.2 million only 3775 voted in the governorate council election. Some 13,000 voted in the concurrently held transitional assembly elections.

Helped by the low turnout, the Iraqi Islamic Party was able to win 70.1% of the governorates council seats on a total of 2692 votes.

Results

Party		Arabic name	Leader	Votes	Percent	Seats (probable)
	Iraqi Islamic Party	al-Hizb al-Islami al-Airaqi	Tariq al-Hashimi	2692	71.31%	29
	Independent Iraqi Group	al-Hia al-Airaqia al-Mustaqila	Falah Hassan al-Naqib	755	20%	8
	Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc	Kutla al-Musalaha wa at-Tahrir	Misha'an al-Juburi	328	8.69%	4
Total valid votes:				3775	100%	41
Invalid votes:				28

References

1. p.20
2. Institute for the Study of War: Western Iraq