The Karbala 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 |- |bgcolor="#FF0000"| |align=left|State of Law Coalition || ||Nouri Al-Maliki|| 7 || || 84,447 |- |bgcolor="#000000"| |align=left|Liberal Coalition|| ||Muqtada al-Sadr|| 4 || || 43,945
|align=left|Al Liwa || || || 3 || || 33,614 |- |bgcolor="#009933"| |align=left|Citizens Alliance ||align=left| || Ammar al-Hakim|| 3 || || 33,362
|align=left|Hope for the Mesopotamia || || || 3 || || 32,527
|align=left|Equitable State Movement || || || 3 || || 32,454
|align=left|National Moderation Front || || || 2 || || 18,501
|align=left|Iraq’s Advocates for State Support || || || 1 || || 13,102
|align=left|Iraqi Justice and Democracy Alliance || || || 1 || || 8,559
|align=left|Karbala’s Independent Council of Tribe Chiefs and Dignitaries || || || || || 5,250 |- |bgcolor="#098DCD"| |align=left|Al Iraqia National and United Coalition || || align=left|Ayad Allawi || || || 4,887
|align=left|Al Nahrayn Unity || || || || || 4,868
|align=left|Karbala Houses Gathering || || || || || 2,886 |- |bgcolor="#F6BE22"| |align=left|Iraq’s Benevolence and Generosity List || || || || || 2,428
|align=left|Free Iraqi Bloc || || || || || 2,150
|align=left|Al Nahrayn National Movement || || || || || 746 |- |colspan=2 align=left| Total || || || 27 || || 323,726 |- |colspan=7 align=left|Sources: al-Sumaria - Karbala Coalitions, ISW, IHEC
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