2010 Iraqi parliamentary election

2010 Iraqi parliamentary election

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All 325 seats in the Council of Representatives 163 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– INM Ayad Allawi 24.72 91 +54 State of Law Nouri al-Maliki 24.22 89 +64 NIA Ibrahim al-Jaafari 18.15 70 −35 Kurdistan List Barham Salih 14.59 43 −10 Gorran Nawshirwan Mustafa 4.13 8 +8 Tawafuq Adnan al-Dulaimi 2.59 6 −38 Unity Alliance Ahmed Abu Risha 2.66 4 +4 KIU Salahaddin Bahaaddin 2.11 4 −1 IGK Ali Bapir 1.32 2 +1 Ethnic minorities – 0.53 8 +6 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by governate Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Nouri al-Maliki State of Law Nouri al-Maliki State of Law

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 7 March 2010. The elections decided the 325 members of the Council of Representatives who would elect the prime minister and president. The elections resulted in a partial victory for the Iraqi National Movement, led by former Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, which won 91 seats, making it the largest alliance in the Council. The State of Law Coalition, led by incumbent Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, was the second largest grouping with 89 seats.

Prior to the election, the Supreme Court in Iraq ruled that the existing electoral law/rule was unconstitutional,^[1] and a new elections law made changes in the electoral system.^[2] On 15 January 2010, the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) banned 499 candidates from the election due to alleged links with the Ba'ath Party.^[3] Before the start of the campaign on 12 February 2010, IHEC confirmed that the appeals by banned candidates had been rejected and thus all 456 banned candidates would not be allowed to run for the election.^[4]

The turnout was low (62.4%) compared to the elections of 2005 (79.6%). There were numerous allegations of fraud,^[5][6] and a recount of the votes in Baghdad was ordered on 19 April 2010.^[7] On 14 May IHEC announced that after 11,298 ballot boxes had been recounted, there was no sign of fraud or violations.^{[citation needed]}

The new parliament opened on 14 June 2010.^[8] After months of fraught negotiations, an agreement was reached on the formation of a new government on 11 November.^[9] Talabani would continue as president, Al-Maliki would stay on as prime minister and Allawi would head a new security council.