Sadrist Movement
{{Infobox political party
| name = Sadrist Movement
| colorcode = {{party color|Sadrist Movement}}
| native_name = التيار الصدري
| logo = علم صدري.png
| leader = Muqtada al-Sadr
| foundation = {{start date|2003}}
| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
|Shi'a Islamism{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2018/06/06/the-sadrist-communist-alliance-implications-for-iraqs-secular-politics/|title=The Sadrist–Communist Alliance: Implications for Iraq's Secular Politics|date=6 June 2018|accessdate=30 October 2019}}
|Religious conservatism{{cite news|publisher=Middle East Eye|title=Iraqi Communists and Shia Sadrists unite to tackle corruption and sectarianism|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sadr-communists-1162425769|date=28 February 2018}}
}}
| headquarters = Najaf
| religion = Shi'a Islam
| position =
| wing1_title = Militia formation
| wing1 = Saraya al-Salam
| international =
| national = Al-Ahrar Bloc
(2014–2018)
Alliance Towards Reforms (Saairun) (2018–2021)
| seats1_title = Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq:
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|329|{{party color|Sadrist Movement}}}}
| seats3_title = Seats in the local governorate councils:
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|440|{{party color|Sadrist Movement}}}}
| seats4_title = Governors
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|0|18|{{party color|Sadrist Movement}}}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.jawabna.com/}}
| country = Iraq
| native_name_lang = ar
}}
The Sadrist Movement ({{langx|ar|التيار الصدري}} {{Transliteration|ar|al-Tayyār al-Sadrī}}) is an Iraqi Shi'a Islamic national movement{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} and political party, led by Muqtada al-Sadr.
The Sadrist Movement ended as largest political party in the October 2021 Iraqi parliamentary election, with 73 seats in Parliament, but in June 2022, during the 2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis, Muqtada al-Sadr’s bloc resigned from parliament.
2009 governorate elections
File:Shaheed Syed Muhammad al-Sadr.jpg, father of the current leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr.]]
During the 2009 Iraqi governorate elections Sadrists ran under the name Independent Free Movement.
=Results=
The list received 9.8% of the vote and 43 out of 440 seats, coming third overall to the State of Law Coalition and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.{{cite web|url=http://www.niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=75&id=2395&lang=0|title=Final Provincial Election Results|access-date=19 February 2015|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012021158/http://www.niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=75&id=2395&lang=0|archive-date=12 October 2011}}[http://www.uniraq.org/documents/ElectoralMaterial/IHEC_Preliminary%20Results_Governorate%20Council%20Elections_2009_EN.pdf Preliminary Results Governorate Elections] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326080849/http://www.uniraq.org/documents/ElectoralMaterial/IHEC_Preliminary%20Results_Governorate%20Council%20Elections_2009_EN.pdf |date=2009-03-26 }}{{cite web|url=http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-national-alliance-and-other.html|title=MUSINGS ON IRAQ|author=Joel Wing|date=24 August 2009|access-date=19 February 2015}}
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Governorate
!Percentage !Seats won !Total seats | |||
---|---|---|---|
Anbar| | |||
|0 | 29 | ||
Babil | 6.2% | 3 | 30 |
Baghdad | 9% | 5 | 57 |
Basra | 5% | 3 | 35 |
Dhi Qar | 14.1% | 7 | 31 |
Diyala | 3.1% | 0 | 29 |
Karbala | 6.8% | 4 | 27 |
Maysan | 14.6% | 7 | 27 |
Muthanna | 5.5% | 2 | 26 |
Najaf | 12.2% | 6 | 28 |
Nineveh| | |||
|0 | 37 | ||
Qadisiyyah | 6.7% | 3 | 28 |
Saladin| | |||
|0 | 28 | ||
Wasit | 6.0% | 3 | 28 |
|Total: | 9.8% | 43 | 440 |
2010 parliamentary election
During the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election Sadrists were part of the National Iraqi Alliance.
In a press conference on 6 March 2010 ahead of the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election, Muqtada al-Sadr called on all Iraqis to participate in the election and support those who seek the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. Al-Sadr warned that any interference by the United States will be unacceptable. Al-Sadr, who has thousands of staunch followers across Iraq, has consistently opposed the presence of foreign forces and repeatedly called for an immediate end to the Iraq War.[http://www.hamsayeh.net/hamsayehnet_iran-international%20news994.htm Iraqi Shia Leader Calls for US Withdrawal From Iraq]
=Results=
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Governorate
!Seats won !Total seats | ||
---|---|---|
Anbar| | ||
|14 | ||
Babil | 5 | 16 |
Baghdad | 12 | 68 |
Basra | 3 | 24 |
Dhi Qar | 4 | 18 |
Diyala | 2 | 13 |
Dohuk| | ||
|10 | ||
Erbil | 0 | 14 |
Karbala | 2 | 10 |
Kirkuk | 0 | 12 |
Maysan | 3 | 10 |
Muthanna | 2 | 7 |
Najaf | 3 | 12 |
Nineveh | 0 | 31 |
Qādisiyyah | 2 | 11 |
Saladin | 0 | 12 |
Sulaymaniyah| | ||
|17 | ||
Wasit | 3 | 11 |
Compensatory seats | 1 | 7 |
Minority seats| | ||
|8 | ||
|Total | 42 | 325 |
Splinter factions
Over time, numerous factions in the Sadrist Movement disagreed with Muqtada al-Sadr over various issues and broke off, forming separate militias and parties:
- Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq{{cite web |url=http://www.aymennjawad.org/2017/10/hashd-brigade-numbers-index |title=Hashd Brigade Numbers Index |author=Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi |author-link=Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi |date=31 October 2017 |access-date=4 August 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://jihadintel.meforum.org/group/235/jaysh-al-muammal |title=Jaysh al-Mu'ammal |work=Jihad Intel |access-date=4 August 2018}}
- Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces
- Jaysh al-Mu'ammal
- Tashkil al-Hussein al-Tha'ir
- Kata'ib al-Tayyar al-Risali
- Islamic Virtue Party
Involvement in the Syrian civil war
In October 2012, various Iraqi religious sects joined the conflict in Syria on both sides. Shiites from Iraq, in Babil Governorate and Diyala Governorate, have traveled to Damascus from Tehran, or from the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraq, claiming to protect Sayyida Zeinab, an important Shiite shrine in Damascus.{{cite news|title=Iraqi Sects Join Battle in Syria On Both Sides|date=October 28, 2012|work=New York Times|author1=GHAZI, YASIR |author2=ARANGO, TIM |name-list-style=amp |page=A1}} Abu Mohamed, with the Sadrist trend, said he recently received an invitation from the Sadrists' leadership to discuss the shrine in Damascus. A senior Sadrist official and former member of Parliament, said that convoys of buses from Najaf, under the cover story of pilgrims, were carrying weapons and fighters to Damascus. Some of the pilgrims were members of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
However, later in 2017 following the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack in Syria, Muqtada al-Sadr called for Syria's president Bashar al-Assad to step down from power.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-syria-sadr-idUSKBN17B070|title = Sadr becomes first Iraqi Shi'ite leader to urge Assad to step down|newspaper = Reuters|date = 9 April 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/powerful-iraqi-shiite-cleric-moqtada-al-sadr-calls-assad-chemical-attack-581610|title = After Syria chemical attack, the powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is calling for Assad to step down|website = Newsweek|date = 10 April 2017}}
2014 parliamentary elections
The Sadrist Movement ended as second-largest political party in the 30 April 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections, with 7% of the votes and 34 seats in Parliament. The largest party in those elections was the State of Law Coalition, led by Nouri al-Maliki, which won 24% and 92 seats.
2018 parliamentary elections
The Sadrist Movement ended as the largest party in the 12 May 2018 Iraqi parliamentary elections, with 14.38% of the votes and 54 seats in Parliament.
2021 parliamentary elections
The Sadrist Movement ended as the largest political party in the 10 October 2021 Iraqi parliamentary elections, with 10% of the votes and 73 seats in Parliament. On 13 June 2022, during the 2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis, 74 MPs from Muqtada al-Sadr’s bloc resigned from parliament.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=Iraqi leaders vow to move ahead after dozens quit parliament |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/muqtada-alsadr-ap-iran-baghdad-shiite-b2099824.html |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
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