Iraqi Accord Front

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Iraqi Accord Front
Jabhet Al-Tawafuq Al-'Iraqiyah
جبهة التوافق العراقية
Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq:
0 / 328
Seats in the local governorate councils:
0 / 440
Website
Official website

The Iraqi Accord Front or Iraqi Accordance Front (

occupation of Iraq, revision of the new Iraqi constitution, repeal of the de-Ba'athification laws that had cost many Sunnis their government jobs and the restoration of the Iraqi Army, which was dissolved after the US overthrow of Saddam Hussein and which had a Sunni dominated officer corps. Despite this, the party has maintained that it is non-secular, even though the Ba'ath Party contained many prominent Sunnis.[1]

Leadership

The Accordance Front was initially led by Adnan al-Dulaimi of the General Council for the People of Iraq. Ayad al-Samarrai replaced Adnan al-Dulaimi as leader in July 2007.[2] In May 2009 Harith al-Obeidi was elected leader but was assassinated by terrorists weeks later.[3]

Membership

In April 2010 Taha al-Liheibi a member of the Accordance Front was injured in the Green Zone in Baghdad.[4]

The Accordance Front withdrew from

government in August 2007 but rejoined in April 2008.[5]

In December 2008 the Iraqi National Dialogue Council withdrew from the Accordance Front.[6]

December 2005 Parliamentary Election

In the December 2005 parliamentary election the Accordance Front consisted of:

Results

The Accordance Front received 15.1% of the vote and 44 out of 275 seats, coming third overall to the

United Iraqi Alliance and the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan
.

March 2010 Parliamentary Election

Prior to the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election, a number of components left the Front to join other political coalitions. In particular:[7]

The remaining Front parties were:[8][9]

Results

Tawafuq's overall performance was disappointing as they dropped from Iraq's third biggest list, in 2005 with 1,840,216 (14.85%) votes to Iraq's seventh list in 2010, with 298,226 (2.59%) and from 44 (out of 275) seats in 2005 to a mere 6 (out of 325) seats in 2010. They remained the second largest list in Sunni Arab areas, after

al-Iraqiyya List
.

Governorate Votes Percentage Seats Won Total Seats
Anbar 56,171 11.89% 2 14
Babil
 8,520 1.45% 0 16
Baghdad 53,413 2.10% 1 68
Basra 16,511 2.03% 0 24
Diyala 23,463 4.67% 0 13
Kerkuk 15,037 2.70% 0 12
Muthanna
 666 0.29% 0 7
Ninawa
 64,204 6.09% 1 31
Salah ad-Din
 60,241 12.32% 2 12
Total: 298,226 2.59% 6 325

References

  1. ^ BBC | Guide to Iraqi Political Parties
  2. New York Sun
    , 2007-07-06
  3. ^ Campaigning Iraqi MP Harith al Obeidi shot dead outside Baghdad mosque, The Times, 2009-06-12
  4. ^ US admits Green Zone is no longer safe
  5. ^ Iraq Sunni bloc quits coalition, Al-Jazeera, 2007-08-01
  6. ^ Iraq's Main Sunni Arab Bloc Splinters
  7. ^ The biggest loser Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine, Niqash, 4 April 2010, accessed on 1 January 2012.
  8. ^ Political alliances ahead of Iraq's 2010 election
  9. ^ "Iraqi Accord - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace". Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
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