Iraq

The Elections of January 30, 2005

The United Iraqi Alliance (Shiites, informally under Ayatollah Sistani):   4,075,295 = 48% --> 140 seats

Major components of the alliance are:
The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (religious, friendly to Iran), led by Adbul Aziz al-Hakim and Minister of Finance Adel Abdul Mahdi
The Dawa Party (religious, friendly to Iran), led by Ibrahim Al-Jafaari
The Shiite Council (secular), led by Ahmad Chalabi
Followers of Moqtada al-Sadr (very religious)

The Kurdistan Alliance (KDP and PUK, two Kurdish parties of approximately equal size):   2,175,551 = 26% --> 75 seats

The Iraqi List (most secular Shiites, headed by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi):   1,168,943 = 14% --> 40 seats

Iraqis (headed by President Ghazi al-Yawer):   150,680 = 1.8% --> 5 seats

The Iraqi Turkmen Front (the Turkmen [Turkoman, Turkman] are closely related to the Turks, and live mostly in the area of Kirkuk):   93,480 = 1.1% --> 3 seats

National Independent Elites and Cadres Party (followers of Moqtada al-Sadr):   69,938 = 0.8% --> 3 seats

The Popular Union (Iraqi Communist Party):   69,920 = 0.8% --> 2 seats

Kurdistan Islamic Group (moderately religious, based mostly in Sulaimaniya province:   60,592 = 0.7% --> 2 seats

Organization of Islamic Action in Iraq (Shiite, led by Alaa Hamoud Salih):   43,205 = 0.5% --> 2 seats

The National Democratic Alliance:   36,795 = 0.4% --> 1 seat

National Rafidain List (Christian, mostly supported by voters outside Iraq):   36,255 = 0.4% --> 1 seat

Liberation and Reconciliation Gathering (mostly in Salahuddin province, led by Mishan al-Jibouri, the former American-appointed governmor of Ninevah province):   30,796 = 0.4% --> 1 seat

Assorted others:   444,816 = 5.26% --> no seats

Total Votes Cast: 8,550,571 = 58% of the registered voters

Total Valid Votes: 8,456,266

Mostly derived from The New York Times, February 14, 2005, p. A11.