2013 Nineveh governorate election

2013 Nineveh governorate election Iraq parliamentary no 2009 Nineveh governorate election 2009 2017 Nineveh governorate election 2017 All 39 seats for the Nineveh Governorate council 2013 6 20 yes 37.5%Al Shorfa - Ballot counting begins in Ninawa and Anbar - (NCCI) NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq http://www.ncciraq.org/en/breaking-news/item/1200-al-shorfa-ballot-counting-begins-in-ninawa-and-anbar https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071531/http://www.ncciraq.org/en/breaking-news/item/1200-al-shorfa-ballot-counting-begins-in-ninawa-and-anbar 2025-05-25 2016-03-04 (22.5%) 115px Nechervan Barzani Kurdistani List 12 11 1 173,687 29.87% 2.39% CCFF33 127px Atheel al-Nujaifi Muttahidoon 22 8 14 129,556 22.28% 27.54% 2013 Iraqi governorate election status.svg Elections in Nineveh and Al Anbar, marked in bright red, were delayed due to the deteriorating security situation. Nineveh governor Subsequent governor Atheel al-Nujaifi Al-Hadba Atheel al-Nujaifi Muttahidoon The 2013 Nineveh Governorate election in Iraq was held on 20 June with elections for the Al Anbar Governorate. Due to security problems, turnout was less than half that of the 2009 election. This election saw Sunni Arab parties lose a number of seats to minority parties. Background Nineveh is one of Iraq's most demographically-diverse governorates. Out of a population of about 2.8 million, 2013 estimates cited by Niqash claim about 300,000 Turkmen, (primarily in Tal Afar and Rashidiya. A similarly-sized population of Yazidis live in the districts of Shekhan and Sinjar and near the town of Bashiqa. Some 250,000 Shabaks live in villages north and east of Mosul, and 200,000 Assyrians live in Bashiqa, Bartella and Bakhdida. There is a sizable Kurdish population, with many Yazidis also identifying as Kurds.Voter's Revolution in Ninawa: Local Minorities take over Provincial Govt Abdullah Salem http://www.niqash.org/articles/?id=3276 https://web.archive.org/web/20140420030016/http://www.niqash.org/articles/?id=3276 dead April 20, 2014 Niqash 22 August 2013 27 August 2013 Although elections for 13 of Iraq's 18 governorates were held on 20 April, elections in Al Anbar and Nineveh were delayed due to security concerns in the ongoing insurgency and Sunni-led protests.Two Iraqi policemen dead in attacks during provincial elections http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/two-iraqi-policemen-dead-attacks-during-provincial-elections Al-Akhbar 20 June 2013 21 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130622043717/http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/two-iraqi-policemen-dead-attacks-during-provincial-elections 22 June 2013 dead Violence As of 14 June there were eight attacks on provincial-council candidates in Nineveh, resulting in six deaths (including Muhanad Ghazi, a Sunni Arab candidate for the Iraqi Republican Gathering—a party supporting Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki). Ghazi was shot dead by unknown gunmen whilst walking home from the East Mosul mosque.Another Iraq candidate killed ahead of provincial polls http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Jun-14/220395-gunmen-kill-election-candidate-in-iraq.ashx#axzz2X550kr6J The Daily Star 14 June 2013 23 June 2013 22 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130622030024/http://dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Jun-14/220395-gunmen-kill-election-candidate-in-iraq.ashx#axzz2X550kr6J dead Gunmen Kill Election Candidate in Iraq Sameer N Yacoub https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sunni-governor-escapes-assassination-iraq-19393843#.Ucd1Zju-pBM ABC News 13 June 2013 23 June 2013 Another local politician, Younis al-Rammah (leader of the moderate United Iraqi Gathering party), was killed on 19 June—the day before the election. Rammah was hosting a family gathering at a residence in Hadhar when a man embraced him, detonating a suicide vest and killing Rammah and four relatives.September 2022 No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although Iraqi officials blamed it on attempts by the Islamic State of Iraq to disrupt the political process and return to sectarian violence.Suicide bomber embraces and kills Sunni politician in Iraq Ziad al-Sanjary & Ahmed Rasheed https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE95I0OV20130619 Reuters 19 June 2013 21 June 2013Iraq election candidate killed in suicide bomb attack https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-election-candidate-killed-in-suicide-bomb-attack-8665703.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-election-candidate-killed-in-suicide-bomb-attack-8665703.html 2022-05-01 subscription The Independent 19 June 2013 21 June 2013Suicide Bomber Hugs, Blows Up Sunni Leader Ruth Brown http://www.newser.com/story/169741/suicide-bomber-hugs-blows-up-sunni-leader.html newser 19 June 2013 21 June 2013 There was also violence on election day, with four Iraqi soldiers wounded by mortar rounds and roadside bombs in the Mosul area.Five killed in Iraq during provincial elections http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/five-killed-iraq-during-provincial-elections Al-Akhbar 21 June 2013 21 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130624071330/http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/five-killed-iraq-during-provincial-elections 24 June 2013 dead Results Summary of the 20 June 2013 Nineveh Governorate election results |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" !colspan=2 style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"|Party/coalition!! Allied national parties !! Leader !!Seats !! Change !! Votes !! % !! ±% |- |style="background-color:#CCFF33;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Brotherhood and Coexistence Alliance List ||style="text-align:left;"|KDPPUK || || 11 || 1 || 173,687 || 29.87% || 2.39% |- |style="background-color:#0D4E76;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Muttahidoon ||style="text-align:left;"|al-HadbaIraqi Islamic Party ||style="text-align:left;"|Usama al-Nujayfi || 8 || 14 || 129,556 || 22.28% || 27.54% |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Loyalty to Nineveh List ||style="text-align:left;"|Iraqi National Dialogue Frontal-Hal ||style="text-align:left;"|Ghanim al-BasoSaleh al-MutlaqJamal al-Karbouli|| 4 || || 66,517 || 11.44% || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|United Nineveh || ||style="text-align:left;"|Abdullah al-Yawer || 3 || || 45,971 || 7.91% || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Iraqi Construction and Justice Gathering || ||style="text-align:left;"|Dildar Zebari || 3 || || 39,126 || 6.73% || |- |style="background-color:#098DCD;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Al Iraqia National and United Coalition || ||style="text-align:left;"|Ayad Allawi || 2 || || 31,276 || 5.38% || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Nineveh’s Bravery Coalition || ||style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || || 23,361 || 4.02% || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Nineveh’s National Alliance || ||style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || || 22,734 || 3.91% || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Oum Rabih Tribes’ National Gathering || ||style="text-align:left;"|Hassan Khulayf || 1 || || 21,349 || 3.67% || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Al Shabak Freemen Council || || || 1 || || 12,689 || 2.18% || |- |style="background-color:#D61D16;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress || || || 1 || || 10,397 || 1.79% || 1.17% |- |style="background-color:#8B4513;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Gathering Coalition ||style="text-align:left;"|Gathered Force MovementChaldean National CongressChaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular CouncilAssyrian National PartyRafidain ListNational Bet-Nahrain Union || || 1 || || 8,635 || 1.49% || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Iraqi People’s Coalition || || || 1 || || 8,633 || 1.48% || |- |style="background-color:#F6BE22;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Iraq’s Benevolence and Generosity List || ||style="text-align:left;"|Dr Rushdi Said || 1 || || 8,076 || 1.39% || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Iraqi Freemen Coalition || || || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Iraq’s Advocates for State Support || || || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Reformers Gathering || || || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|National Moderation Front || || || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|United National Christian Assembly || || || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Iraq’s Unified Gathering || ||style="text-align:left;"|Younis al-Rammah || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Oum Rabih National Independent Gathering || || || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|United Democratic ِArabic Movement || || || || || || || |- |style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Yuhanna Youssef Tuma Buta || || || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Future Path for Yazidis Party || || || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Free Yazidi Gathering || || || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Yazidi Democratic Front || || || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Yazidi Progress Party || || || || || || || |- | |style="text-align:left;"|Shabak Independent Party || || || || || || || |- |colspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Total || || || 39 || 2 || 581,449http://iswiraq.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/2013-iraq-update-25-ninewa-and-anbar.html 2013 Iraq Update #25: The Ninewa and Anbar Elections and the future of Iraq's Sunni Leadership Institute for the Study of War Ali Ahmed May 27, 2015http://www.ihec.iq/ihecftp/English/nay-re.pdf Ninewa Final Results Independent High Electoral Commission PDF May 27, 2015 May 28, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150528052457/http://www.ihec.iq/ihecftp/English/nay-re.pdf deadhttp://www.ihec.iq/ihecftp/political-entities/etlafat-20-12-2012.pdf IHEC list of political coalitions PDF ar May 27, 2015 May 28, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150528053025/http://www.ihec.iq/ihecftp/political-entities/etlafat-20-12-2012.pdf dead Analysis The Uniters List, composed of al-Hadba and the Iraqi Islamic Party, had won 49.82 percent of the vote and 22 of 37 seats in the Nineveh Governorate Council in 2009. The party held eight of 39 council seats after the 2013 election. The local Arab parties lost control of the council, although Atheel al-Nujaifi remained governor. The new council president was Bashar Kiki, a Kurd; the new vice-president, Nour ad-Din Qabalan, was a Turkmen. Nujaifi's deputy, Abdul Qader Battoush, is also Kurdish. His second deputy, Hassan al-Allaf, is an Arab and one of three politicians elected from Mosul (which had produced a large number of Arab politicians in the previous election). According to local political scientist Hamza Hussein, the number of seats won by minorities demonstrated popular discontent and lack of confidence in the previous council. Local activist Rabea Mustafa said that opposition to the previous council arose largely from resentment of its fractured nature, which hampered its ability to deliver basic services. Mustafa also said that the election result was due to minorities being driven out of Mosul because of violence; these minorities then settled elsewhere in Nineveh. Voter turnout in Mosul was low, due to security problems and a lack of confidence in the political process and the previous council. Candidates were better able to canvass outside Mosul due to better security, and many Mosul-based candidates withdrew from the election. Voter turnout was about half that of 2009: 581,449, compared to 995,169 in the previous election. References Category:2013 Iraqi governorate elections Category:21st century in Nineveh Governorate