title: 2009 Wasit governorate election
text: # 2009 Wasit governorate election
  
  The Wasit governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.
  
  ## Results
  
  In March, the State of Law Coalition was rumoured to have allied with the Independent Free Movement List and the Iraqi National List.
  
  Summary of the 31 January 2009 Wasit governorate election results :
  
  | Coalition | Allied national parties | Seats (2005) | Seats (2009) | Change | Votes | Percentage | Party Leader |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Shi’ite Political Council State of Law Coalition | Islamic Dawa Party | 4 | 13 | +15 | 47,835 | 15.42% | Nouri al-Maliki |
  | Shi’ite Political Council Al Mihrab Martyr List | Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq | 4 | 6 | +15 | 30,712 | 9.90% | Abdul Aziz al-Hakim |
  | Iraqi Elites Gathering Independent Free Movement List | Sadrist Movement | 31 | 3 | -28 | 18,261 | 5.89% | Muqtada al-Sadr |
  | Iraqi National List | | - | 3 | +3 | 14,596 | 4.71% | Ayad Allawi |
  | Iraqi Constitutional Party | | - | 3 | +3 | 12,235 | 3.94% | Jawad al-Bulani |
  | Gathering of the Independents in Wasit | | 3 | - | -3 | | | |
  | Iraqi Communist Party | | 2 | - | -2 | | | |
  | Democratic Iraq Gathering | | 1 | - | -1 | | | |
  | Total | Total | 41 | 28 | -13 | 310,194 | 100% | |
  | Sources: this article - |||||
  