{"id":1721,"date":"2025-08-25T14:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/2025\/08\/25\/%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%8c\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T12:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T12:18:27","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%8c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%8c\/","title":{"rendered":"Provincial Council Elections: Alliances, Candidates, and Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On December 18, 2023, Iraqis were set to elect members of the provincial councils, a decade after the last elections in 2013 and following the 2019 decision to abolish the councils. Iraq has 15 provinces comprising nearly 120 districts and more than 400 sub-districts. The councils were dissolved in response to the demands of protesters during the October 2019 demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 20, 2023, the Iraqi government announced the resumption of provincial councils. The official statement declared: \u201cThe Council of Ministers has set December 18, 2023, as the date for holding the provincial council elections, in line with the government program approved by Parliament last October.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key Facts about the Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Eligible voters: 24,907,679<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Candidates: 5,904<\/strong> (4,242 men and 1,662 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Parties and alliances: 77 parties and 128 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Total seats: 275<\/strong>, including 75 seats for the women\u2019s quota<\/strong> and 10 for minorities<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    Major Parties\/Alliances by Number of Candidates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    Party\/Alliance<\/th>Number of Candidates<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
    State of Law Coalition<\/td>377<\/td><\/tr>
    Iraqi Foundation Coalition<\/td>335<\/td><\/tr>
    National State Forces Alliance<\/td>319<\/td><\/tr>
    We Build Alliance<\/td>310<\/td><\/tr>
    Abshir Ya Iraq<\/td>307<\/td><\/tr>
    Civic Values Alliance<\/td>285<\/td><\/tr>
    Sovereignty<\/td>243<\/td><\/tr>
    Taqaddum National Alliance \/ Taqaddum<\/td>243<\/td><\/tr>
    Eshraqet Kanun<\/td>223<\/td><\/tr>
    Azm Iraq \/ Azm Alliance<\/td>213<\/td><\/tr>
    National Decision<\/td>213<\/td><\/tr>
    Presidency Alliance<\/td>198<\/td><\/tr>
    Civil Forces Alliance<\/td>190<\/td><\/tr>
    Generations Gathering<\/td>172<\/td><\/tr>
    Madar<\/td>164<\/td><\/tr>
    Internal Organization<\/td>161<\/td><\/tr>
    Kurdistan Democratic Party<\/td>98<\/td><\/tr>
    Fao-Zakho Gathering<\/td>82<\/td><\/tr>
    Al-Mihma Alliance<\/td>60<\/td><\/tr>
    Iraqi Conscience Alliance<\/td>57<\/td><\/tr>
    Inbi\u1e6daq<\/td>53<\/td><\/tr>
    Trust Party<\/td>52<\/td><\/tr>
    National Tribal Current<\/td>48<\/td><\/tr>
    Al-Makina<\/td>35<\/td><\/tr>
    Diyala Our Homeland Alliance<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
    National Framework Alliance<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
    Ghayarat Iraq Movement<\/td>26<\/td><\/tr>
    New Iraq Gathering<\/td>23<\/td><\/tr>
    Thabitun<\/td>20<\/td><\/tr>
    Iraqi Promise<\/td>16<\/td><\/tr>
    Kurdistan Social Democratic Party<\/td>13<\/td><\/tr>
    Al-Da\u2018i Party<\/td>8<\/td><\/tr>
    New Iraq Alliance<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
    Ibda\u2018 Karbala<\/td>26<\/td><\/tr>
    Iraqi Pulse<\/td>32<\/td><\/tr>
    Anbar is Our Identity<\/td>32<\/td><\/tr>
    Shumukh Basra Coalition<\/td>41<\/td><\/tr>
    Fayhaa Federal Gathering<\/td>43<\/td><\/tr>
    Wasit Tent Alliance<\/td>28<\/td><\/tr>
    More Beautiful Wasit<\/td>28<\/td><\/tr>
    United Anbar<\/td>32<\/td><\/tr>
    Muthanna Public<\/td>24<\/td><\/tr>
    Idraak Movement<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
    Ma\u2018alim Kirkuk<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
    New Generation Movement<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
    Democratic Civil Alliance<\/td>8<\/td><\/tr>
    Arabism Alliance<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
    Leadership<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
    Kirkuk is Our Power<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
    Our Kirkuk<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
    Arab Alliance in Kirkuk<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
    Iraqi Turkmen Front<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
    New National Party<\/td>52<\/td><\/tr>
    People\u2019s Parliament Gathering<\/td>35<\/td><\/tr>
    Independents<\/td>67<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \n\n\n\n

    Provincial Overviews<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Baghdad<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    • Eligible voters: 5,793,605<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Candidates: 1,449<\/strong> (998 men, 451 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Parties\/alliances: 12 parties and 16 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Seats: 49<\/strong> (13 women\u2019s quota, 3 minority quota)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      (Table of Baghdad alliances and candidate counts preserved in English.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Nineveh<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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      • Eligible voters: 2,330,632<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Candidates: 623<\/strong> (466 men, 157 women \u2013 correction from source)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Parties\/alliances: 12 parties and 10 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Seats: 26<\/strong> (7 women\u2019s quota, 3 minority quota)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        \n\n\n\n

        Basra<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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        • Eligible voters: 1,887,231<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Candidates: 517<\/strong> (379 men, 138 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Parties\/alliances: 7 parties and 11 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Seats: 22<\/strong> (6 women\u2019s quota, 1 minority quota)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          \n\n\n\n

          Anbar<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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          • Eligible voters: 1,091,644<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Candidates: 307<\/strong> (226 men, 81 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Parties\/alliances: 2 parties and 9 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Seats: 16<\/strong> (4 women\u2019s quota)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
            \n\n\n\n

            Salah al-Din<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
              \n
            • Eligible voters: 957,291<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Candidates: 253<\/strong> (182 men, 71 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Parties\/alliances: 4 parties and 6 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Seats: 15<\/strong> (4 women\u2019s quota)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              \n\n\n\n

              Diyala<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                \n
              • Eligible voters: 1,074,442<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Candidates: 321<\/strong> (227 men, 94 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Parties\/alliances: 8 parties and 7 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Seats: 15<\/strong> (4 women\u2019s quota)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                \n\n\n\n

                Kirkuk<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                  \n
                • Eligible voters: 1,011,928<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Candidates: 244<\/strong> (176 men, 68 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Parties\/alliances: 5 parties and 10 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Seats: 15<\/strong> (4 women\u2019s quota, 1 minority seat)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                  \n\n\n\n

                  Babil<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                    \n
                  • Eligible voters: 1,281,860<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Candidates: 391<\/strong> (286 men, 105 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Parties\/alliances: 4 parties and 8 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Seats: 18<\/strong> (5 women\u2019s quota)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                    \n\n\n\n

                    Qadisiyyah<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                      \n
                    • Eligible voters: 2,330,632<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Candidates: 261<\/strong> (187 men, 74 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Parties\/alliances: 2 parties and 8 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Seats: 14<\/strong> (4 women\u2019s quota)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                      \n\n\n\n

                      Muthanna<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                        \n
                      • Eligible voters: 527,555<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • Candidates: 191<\/strong> (141 men, 50 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • Parties\/alliances: 2 parties and 7 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • Seats: 12<\/strong> (3 women\u2019s quota)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                        \n\n\n\n

                        Najaf<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                          \n
                        • Eligible voters: 946,853<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Candidates: 326<\/strong> (239 men, 87 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Parties\/alliances: 5 parties and 8 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Seats: 15<\/strong> (women\u2019s quota fully applied)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                          \n\n\n\n

                          Dhi Qar<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                            \n
                          • Eligible voters: 1,312,275<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          • Candidates: 332<\/strong> (245 men, 87 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          • Parties\/alliances: 4 parties and 8 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          • Seats: 18<\/strong> (5 women\u2019s quota)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                            \n\n\n\n

                            Karbala<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                              \n
                            • Eligible voters: 770,838<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • Candidates: 250<\/strong> (173 men, 77 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • Parties\/alliances: 4 parties and 7 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • Seats: 13<\/strong> (4 women\u2019s quota)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                              \n\n\n\n

                              Maysan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                                \n
                              • Eligible voters: 763,340<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              • Candidates: 178<\/strong> (129 men, 49 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              • Parties\/alliances: 4 parties and 4 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              • Seats: 13<\/strong> (4 women\u2019s quota, 1 minority seat)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                \n\n\n\n

                                Wasit<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                                  \n
                                • Eligible voters: 855,861<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                • Candidates: 261<\/strong> (188 men, 73 women)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                • Parties\/alliances: 2 parties and 9 alliances<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                • Seats: 14<\/strong> (4 women\u2019s quota, 1 minority seat)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                  On December 18, 2023, Iraqis were set to elect members of the provincial councils, a decade after the last elections in 2013 and following the 2019 decision to abolish the councils. Iraq has 15 provinces comprising nearly 120 districts and more than 400 sub-districts. The councils were dissolved in response to the demands of protesters …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[126,127,129,131],"ppma_author":[194],"class_list":["post-1721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analytical-papers","tag-2025-en","tag-iraq-en","tag--en","tag-----en","author-momen-alzrzoor-1"],"views":28,"authors":[{"term_id":194,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"momen-alzrzoor-1","display_name":"Momen Alzrzoor","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8A33FBD6-3655-48DA-8BD1-F1BD59172C0E.png","url2x":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8A33FBD6-3655-48DA-8BD1-F1BD59172C0E.png"},"author_category":"1","first_name":"Momen","last_name":"Alzrzoor","user_url":"","job_title":"Data Journalist and Conflict Analyst","description":"

                                  Momen Alzrzoor is an Iraqi data journalist and conflict analyst specializing in digital journalism, data analysis, and Iraqi affairs. He serves as Director of the Information and Data Department at the Iraq Center for Future Studies (ICFS), He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in New Media from Istanbul Beykent University in Turkey and a degree in Public Relations from the College of Media at the University of Baghdad.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1723,"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions\/1723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iraqcfs.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}