2005 Al Anbar governorate council election

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2005 Al-Anbar governorate council election

30 January 2005 (2005-01-30) 2009 →
All 41 seats for the al-Anbar Governorate council
Turnout	2%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tariq al-Hashimi Falah Hassan al-Naqib Misha'an al-Juburi Party IIP Independent Iraqi Group RLB Seats won 29 8 4 Popular vote 2,692 755 328 Percentage 71.31% 20% 8.69%
Subsequent Governor Raja Nawaf Farhan al-Mahalawi IIP

The election for the governorate council of Iraq's Al Anbar Governorate were held on January 30, 2005, the same date as the Iraqi legislative election.

The largely Sunni province was one of the most violent in Iraq during the Iraqi insurgency, and turnout was extremely low, with the vast bulk of Anbar's residents choosing to boycott the election^[1] out of a mixture of distrust for a system perceived to be unfair, and a fear of violence from insurgent groups.^[2] Of the total population of some 2.2 million, only 3,775 voted in the governorate council election. Some 13,000 voted in the concurrently held transitional assembly elections.

Helped by the low turnout, the Iraqi Islamic Party was able to win 70.1% of the governorate's council seats on a total of 2,692 votes.