The Najaf governorate election of 2013 was held on 20 April 2013 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan, Kirkuk, Anbar, and Nineveh.
Results
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" !align="left" colspan=2 valign=top|Party/Coalition!! Allied national parties !! Leader !!Seats !! Change !!Votes !! % !! Swing
|align=left|Loyalty for Najaf|| align=left| || Adnan al-Zurufi || 9 || 5 || 118,310 || 29.33% || 20.4% |- |bgcolor="#009933"| |align=left|Citizens Alliance ||align=left|ISCI|| Ammar al-Hakim|| 6 || 1 || 82,020 || 20.34% || 5.53% |- |bgcolor="#FF0000"| |align=left|State of Law Coalition || align=left|Islamic Dawa Party ||Nouri Al-Maliki|| 5 || 3 || 76,519 || 18.97% || 2.75% |- |bgcolor="#000000"| |align=left|Liberal Coalition|| align=left|Sadrist Movement || Muqtada al-Sadr || 4 || 2 || 45,167 || 11.20% || 0.67%
|align=left|Equitable State Movement || || || 2 || 2 || 25,889 || 6.42% ||
|align=left|Najaf Province’s Change Coalition||align=left| || || 1 || 1 || 14,464 || 3.59% ||
|align=left|National Partnership Gathering || || || 1 || 1 || 14,314 || 3.55% ||
|align=left|Renaissance and Building Gathering || || || 1 || 1 || 8,521 || 2.11% || |- |bgcolor="#286F42"| |align=left|Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation || || Hashim Al-Mosawy || 1 || 1 || 7,571 || 1.88% ||
|align=left|Al Najaf Civil Alliance || || || || || 5,760 || 1.43% || |- |bgcolor="#098DCD"| |align=left|Al Iraqia National and United Coalition|| || Ayad Allawi || || || 2,599 || 0.64% || |- |bgcolor="#F6BE22"| |align=left|Iraq’s Benevolence and Generosity List || || || || || 1,976 || 0.49% || 0.49%
|align=left|Iraq’s Integrity Gathering || || || || || 211 || 0.05% || 0.05% |- |colspan=2 align=left|Total || || || 29 || – || 403,321 || || |- |colspan=9 align=left|Sources: Musings on Iraq, ISW, IHEC Najaf Results, List of political coalition approved for election in provincial councils – IHEC , al-Sumaria – Najaf Coalitions |- |colspan=9 align=left|Notes:
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