National Iraqi Alliance
The Iraqi National Alliance, also known as the Shiite alliance, English National Iraqi Alliance ( NIA ) is a coalition of 20 parties and political groups in Iraq. The Arabic name is لائتلاف الوطني العراقي / al - ʾ I tilāf l - Watani al - ʿ Iraqi. In the 2005 parliamentary elections the party joined under the name of United Iraqi Alliance at ( الائتلاف العراقي الموحد / al -I ʾ al - ʿ Iraqi tilāf l - Muwaḥḥad ). The Iraqi National Alliance represents increasingly säkulere views. Its members include Sunnis or Christians.
Composition
In the 2010 parliamentary elections the following parties competed under the alliance:
- Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq
- Muqtada al-Sadr group ( Saderisten )
- Reform Party ( Islah ) of former Prime Minister Ibrahim al - Jaafari
- Al- Fadhila Party
- Dawa Parei - Iraqi organization
- Islamic Fayli Gathering in Iraq
- Iraqi National Congress ( INC) ethnic and inter-religious party of the controversial secular Shiite Ahmad Chalabi
- Anbar Salvation Council
- Tadamun
- Association for justice and unity
- Turkmeneli Party
- Association Shi'ite Turkoman
- Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy
- Several independent parties
2005 parliamentary elections
In the parliamentary elections in Iraq on 30 January 2005, the United Iraqi Alliance won with 4.075 million voters, 48.1 percent of the vote and placed 140 out of 275 deputies, the largest group in the transitional parliament.
From the Shiite alliance, the majority Shiite population hoped for a takeover of power from which she was excluded during the reign of belonging to the Sunni minority former President Saddam Hussein and his Arab Socialist Baath Party. A crucial role is played by the Grand Ayatollah Ali al -Sistani. As- Sistani was born in Iran, but has over 50 years spent in Iraq. He came in the 1990s with the Iraqi Shiites to high esteem. His criticism of the Iraq plans of the United States has made him even more popular in Iraq. Some Shiite preachers call it a religious duty to vote for the accepted of as- Sistani electoral alliance. The UIA has an influential advocate, who, however, explicitly does not support the parties in the Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al -Sistani.
On the list of UIA is also the Shiite nuclear scientist Hussain al-Shahristani, who was allegedly found at the direction of al- Sistani himself to a high position of the candidate list.
In the parliamentary elections of 15 December 2005, the United Alliance received 5 million votes ( 41.1 %) and, thus 128 seats in parliament.
2010 parliamentary elections
In the parliamentary elections of 2010, the Dawa Party of Prime Minister Al -Maliki split from the alliance and entered under the alliance of law on the elections. The National Alliance was the third strongest party with 70 seats in parliament. In May, two alliances merged to form a parliamentary bloc.
Strongest force within the alliance are the Saderisten which could unite 39 of the 70 seats up. The Supreme Council is the second largest party with 17 seats.