Editing Elections in Iraq (section)

===Basrah===
In Basrah the numbers were as follows:
Voter turnout: 42%<ref name="newslinexpress.wordpress.com">{{cite web|url=http://newslinexpress.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/basrah-iraqs-oil-city-elections/|title=Basrah – Iraq's Oil City Local Elections Numbers|date=2 May 2013}}</ref>

Registered eligible voters: Approx. 1,600,000 <ref name="newslinexpress.wordpress.com"/>

Ballots cast: Approx. 650,000 <ref name="newslinexpress.wordpress.com"/>

Candidates: 656

Contested seats: 35 Council seats (1 seat reserved for Christian quota)

Political entities: 25 (party and alliance)

In the first elections since the withdrawal of U.S. forces, the Iraqi Independent Electoral Commission (IHEC) confirmed that 6,400,777 voters cast their votes.