The State of Law Coalition ( I'tilāf Dawlat al-Qānūn), also known as Rule of Law Coalition, is an Iraqi political coalition formed for the 2009 Iraqi governorate elections by the Prime Minister of Iraq at the time, Nouri al-Maliki, of the Islamic Dawa Party.
The name was an emphasis on the improved security situation which Maliki's government had achieved through the Battle of Basra and other operations of the Iraqi Security Forces.
Due to disagreements with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq and the Sadrists, the Dawa Party decided not to join the Iraqi National Alliance for the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election, but run in their own coalition: the State of Law Coalition.
2009 governorate elections
In the 2009 Iraqi governorate elections, the State of Law Coalition was composed of several political blocs: Islamic Dawa Party – led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation – led by Hashim Al-Mosawy Independent Bloc – led by Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani Solidarity Bloc – led by former minister of state and Iraqi MP Qassim Daoud Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman – led by Iraqi MP Abbas al-Bayati Kurdish Feyli Fraternity Movement Shaabani Uprising Bloc 1991 Independents, there were also numerous independent candidates in the list.
Results The State of Law Coalition came out as the largest list receiving 19.1% of the vote and 126 out of 440 seats. GovernoratePercentageSeats WonTotal Seatsal-Anbar-029Babil12.5%830Baghdad38%2857Basra37%2035Dhi Qar23.1%1331Diyala6%229Karbala8.5%927Maysan17.7%827al-Muthanna10.9%526Najaf16.2%728Ninawa-037al-Qadisiyyah23.1%1128Salah ad-Din3.5%228Wasit15.3%1328Total:28.8%126440
2010 parliamentary election In the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election, the following parties were part of the State of Law Coalition: Islamic Dawa Party – led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation – led by Hashim Al-Mosawy Anbar Salvation National Front – led by Sheikh Ali Hatem al-Suleiman Independent Arab Movement – led by former Deputy Prime Minister Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri United Independent Iraqi Bloc – led by Thaer al-Feyli Independent Iraqi Kafaat Gathering – led by government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh The Gathering—Al-Tajamo – led by former Iraqi National List members Mahdi al-Hafez and Safiyah Suheil Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman – led by Abbas al-Bayati "The Independents" led by Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani Independents, there were again numerous independent candidates in the list initially including defence minister Qadir al-Obeidi but he was banned from joining due to Ba'ath party links.
Results GovernorateVotesSeats WonTotal SeatsAnbar6,156014Babil231,939816Baghdad903,3602668Basra431,2171424Dhi Qar235,446818Diyala63,969113Karbala179,517610Kirkuk11,862012Maysan102,566410Muthanna98,99847Najaf197,377712Ninawa15,755031Qadisiyyah133,067411Salah ad-Din31,026012Wasit149,828511Compensatory seats-27Total:2,792,08389325
2013 governorate elections In the 2013 Iraqi governorate elections, the State of Law Coalition was composed of several political blocs: Islamic Dawa Party – led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation Independent Bloc – led by Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani Badr Organization – led by Hadi Al-Amiri National Reform Trend – led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari Islamic Virtue Party – led by Abd al-Rahim al-Hasini Solidarity Bloc – led by former minister of state and Iraqi MP Qassim Daoud Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman – led by Iraqi MP Abbas al-Bayati White Iraqiya Bloc – led by Hassan Alawi Kurdish Feyli Fraternity Movement Shaabani Uprising Bloc 1991 Independents, there were also numerous independent candidates in the list.
Election results Election year Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position 2010Nouri al-Maliki 2,792,083 24.22 2nd 2014 3,141,835 24.14 1st 2018 725,108 6.98 5th 2021 502,188 5.67 4th 2025 728,446 6.49 4th
See also List of Islamic political parties
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