Iraqi National Movement
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al-Iraqiya List
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| Leader | Iyad Allawi |
| Founded | October 2009 |
| Dissolved | December 2012 |
| Succeeded by |
Muttahidoon Al-Wataniya Al-Arabiya Coalition White Bloc |
| Ideology |
Iraqi nationalism Secularism Nonsectarianism Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
The Iraqi National Movement (INM) (Arabic: الحركة الوطنية العراقية al-Ḥaraka al-Waṭaniya al-Iraqiyya), more commonly known as the al-Iraqiya List, was an Iraqi political coalition formed to contest the 2010 parliamentary election by Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi's Renewal List, the Iraqi National Accord led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and the Iraqi National Dialogue Front led by Saleh al-Mutlaq. The party included both Shi'a leaders (like Allawi) and Sunni leaders (like al-Mutlaq and al-Hashimi) and claimed to be secular and non-sectarian.
In February 2010, after appeals against a ban on Iraqi National Dialogue Front leader Saleh al-Mutlaq were rejected, the Iraqi National Dialogue Front decided to boycott the elections in protest of the decision and urged other parties to boycott as well. Later, on 25 February 2010 al-Mutlaq announced that his party will take part in the upcoming general election and urged his followers to turn out en masse to avoid fraud.
With 2,849,612 votes (24.7%) and 91 seats the Iraqiya List became the biggest list in the elections, winning two seats more than Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law Coalition, which won 89 seats and 2,792,083 votes (24.2%).
In the 2010 parliamentary election the coalition consisted of the following parties:
Following the election the party was beset by political infighting in the post election period, with 8 MP's leaving in early March 2011 in order to set up the White Iraqiya Bloc.
Following the formation of the White Bloc, another 20 members of the Iraqi National Movement announced the formation of a new party within the list, under the name Youth of Iraq, headed by Talal Zobaie.
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