2009 Dhi Qar Governorate election

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All 31 seats for the Dhi Qar Governorate council
First party Second party   Leader Nouri al-Maliki Muqtada al-Sadr Party State of Law Sadrist Movement Last election 0 2 Seats before 0 2 Seats won 13 7 Seat change 13 5 Popular vote 107,410 61,929 Percentage 23.7 13.6% Swing   Third party Fourth party   Leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Ibrahim al-Jaafari Party Al-Mehraab Martyr List National Reform Trend Last election 11 0 Seats before 11 0 Seats won 5 4 Seat change 6 4 Popular vote 51,463 34,255 Percentage 11.3% 7.5% Swing 7.5%
Governor of Baghdad before election Aziz Kadum Alwan al-Ogheli ISCI Subsequent Governor Taleb Kazem Abdulkarim al-Hassan State of Law

The Dhi Qar governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	State of Law Coalition	107,410	23.67	13	+13
	Sadrist Movement	61,929	13.65	7	+5
	Al Mihrab Martyr List	51,463	11.34	5	−6
	National Reform Trend	34,255	7.55	4	+4
	Islamic Virtue Party	27,138	5.98	2	−9
	Iraqi National List	12,924	2.85	0	−2
	Iraqi Communist Party	8,272	1.82	0	−2
	Other parties	150,415	33.15	–	–
Total		453,806	100.00	31	−10
Source: Niqash,[1] Al Sumaria, New York Times