The Gathering of Justice and Unity (list 269/710) (also known as Amir al-Fayiz) is a political coalition that contested the
2009 Basra governorate election
The Basra governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.
Background
One seat in the election is reserved for Assyrian Christians
Basra is the mai ...
and is registered for the
2014 Iraqi legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 30 April 2014. The elections decided the 328 members of the Council of Representatives who will in turn elect the Iraqi President and Prime Minister.
Electoral system
The open list form of party ...
. The list is led by Al-Faiz, the head of the Awlad Amir sub-tribe which is predominantly from the
Shaykhiyya
Shaykhism ( ar, الشيخية) is a Shi'a Islamic school founded by Shaykh Ahmad in early 19th-century Qajar Iran. While grounded in traditional Twelver Shiʻi doctrine, Shaykhism diverged from the Usuli school in its interpretation of key id ...
religious group.
They won 2 out of 35 seats.
They are registered for the 2014 general election under the name Amir al-Fayiz.
The Iraqi Elections Commission Publishes the List of Political Entities for the 2014 Parliamentary Elections
''Historiae'', 20 November 2013
References
Electoral lists for Iraqi elections
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