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Iraqi Accord Front
Jabahat al-Tawafuq
جبهة التوافق العراقيةFounded 2005 Ideology Sunni Islamism Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq: 6 / 325Seats in the local governorate councils: 32 / 440Politics of Iraq
Political parties
ElectionsThe Iraqi Accord Front or Iraqi Accordance Front (Arabic: جبهة التوافق العراقية Jabahat al-Tawafuq) also known as Tawafuq is an Iraqi Sunni-Islamist political coalition created on October 26, 2005 by the Iraqi Islamic Party to contest the December 2005 general election. As a large section of Iraq's Sunnis are composed by the populous Kurds, situated in northern Iraq and locally autonomous, the party's members are mostly Arab, and as such, its political efforts have largely been focused on protecting this community's interests as opposed to Iraq's non-Sunni population. In the 2005 election, its platform called for ending the US occupation of Iraq, revision of the new Iraqi constitution, repeal of the de-Baathification 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 non-Sunnis.[1]
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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 2007, Taha al-Liheibi a member of the Accordance Front was injured in the Green Zone in Baghdad.[4]
The Accordance Front withdrew from Nouri al-Maliki's 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:
- Iraqi Islamic Party - led by Tariq al-Hashimi
- General Council for the People of Iraq - led by Adnan al-Dulaimi and
- Iraqi National Dialogue Council - led by Khalaf al-Ulayyan
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
In the upcoming Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010 the Accordance Front consists of:[7][8]
- Iraqi Islamic Party - led by Osama Tawfiq al-Tikriti after Tariq al-Hashimi left
- General Council for the People of Iraq - led by Khaled al-Baraa after Adnan al-Dulaimi was banned
- Turkmen Justice Party - led by Hassan Tawran
- Independent candidates, including Taiseer Mashhadani, Salim Jabbouri and Mutshar Aliawi
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, but they were still the second largest list in Sunni areas, after Ayad Allawi's secular 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
- ^ BBC | Guide to Iraqi Political Parties
- ^ Iraqi Political Crisis Near End as Tawafuq Chief Quits, New York Sun, 2007-07-06
- ^ Campaigning Iraqi MP Harith al Obeidi shot dead outside Baghdad mosque, The Times, 2009-06-12
- ^ US admits Green Zone is no longer safe
- ^ Iraq Sunni bloc quits coalition, Al-Jazeera, 2007-08-01
- ^ Iraq's Main Sunni Arab Bloc Splinters
- ^ Political alliances ahead of Iraq's 2010 election
- ^ http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/special/misc/iraqielections2010/index.cfm?fa=ia
Parliamentary political parties in Iraq 
Iraqi National Movement (91) Iraqi National Accord (28) · Iraqi National Dialogue Front (16) · National Movement for Development and Reform (13) · al-Hadba (9) · National Future Gathering (8) · Renewal List (7) · The Iraqis (6) · Iraqi Turkmen Front (3) · Iraqi Arab Gathering (1) · Assembly of Independent DemocratsState of Law Coalition (89) Islamic Dawa Party · Iraq Organisation · Anbar Salvation National Front · Islamic Union of Iraqi TurkomanNational Iraqi Alliance (70) Sadrist Movement (40) · Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq & Badr Organization (18) · Islamic Virtue Party (6) · National Reform Trend (2) · Hezbollah Movement in Iraq (1) · Gathering of Justice and Unity (1) · Iraqi National Congress (1) · Tribes of Iraq Coalition · Constitutional Monarchy MovementKurdistan List (43) Kurdistan Democratic Party (26) · Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (17) · Kurdistan Toilers' Party · Kurdistan Communist Party – Iraq · Islamic Movement of Kurdistan · Turkmen Brotherhood Movement · Kurdistan Socialist Democratic PartyOthers Movement for Change (8) · Unity Alliance of Iraq (4) · Iraqi Accord Front (6) · Kurdistan Islamic Union (4) · Islamic Group of Kurdistan (2) · National Front for the Salvation of IraqCategories:- Islamic political parties
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