Iraqi legislative election of January 2005

Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005

2000 ←

January 30, 2005

→ 2005 (Dec)

All 275 seats to the National Assembly of Iraq 138 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Ibrahim al-Jaafari	Jalal Talabani	Iyad Allawi
Party	UIA	DPAK	Iraqi List
Last election	-	-	-
Seats won	140	75	40
Seat change	140*	75*	40*
Popular vote	4,075,292	2,175,551	1,168,943
Percentage	48.2%	25.7%	13.8%

Colours denote which party won the most votes in every governorate

Prime Minister before election

Iyad Allawi
Iraqi List

Prime Minister-designate

Ibrahim al-Jaafari
UIA

Elections for the National Assembly of Iraq were held on January 30, 2005 in Iraq. The 275-member National Assembly was a parliament created under the Transitional Law during the Occupation of Iraq. The newly elected transitional Assembly was given a mandate to write the new and permanent Constitution of Iraq and exercised legislative functions until the new Constitution came into effect, and resulted in the formation of the Iraqi Transitional Government.

The United Iraqi Alliance, tacitly backed by Shia Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, led with some 48% of the vote. The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan was in second place with some 26% of the vote. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's party, the Iraqi List, came third with some 14%. In total, twelve parties received enough votes to win a seat in the assembly.