The Civil Democratic Alliance (Arabic: التحالف المدني الديمقراطي, ''Al-Taḥalof Al-Madani Al-Democrati'' ) is an

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i political coalition formed by various civil and democratic parties as well as independent figures for the

2014 Iraqi parliamentary 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-lis ...

. The alliance split in 2017 when the

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left the alliance after reaching an agreement with the Alliance towards Reforms (Saairun) for the May-2018 election. The Civil Democratic Alliance then split into two alliances, the current consisting of mostly socialist left-wing parties who stayed part of the alliance and are led by the Social Democratic Movement. The second alliance formed in December-2017 includes centrist liberal & national democratic parties led by the People's Party for Reform of

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. The new Alliance was called the Civilized Alliance and includes the National Civil Movement of Shirouk Al Abayachi, the Iraqi National Movement and the Al-Etifak National Party as well as various independent figures. The new alliance aims to establish a civil state based on justice and equal rights & duties for all citizens adopting liberal principles characterized by free & fair elections, separation of powers and the rule of law, ensuring equal protection of human rights, and civil & political freedoms for all.Archived a
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2014 Parliamentary Election

In the Iraqi 2014 parliamentary election the Civil Democratic Alliance composed of several political blocs: * People's Party for Reform led by

. *

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led by

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. *

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* National Democratic Party * National Democratic Action Party * Democratic Action Movement The alliance received roughly 240,000 votes in all of

but managed to win four seats only. Three seats were in

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Governorate where the alliance received 112,563 votes. The parliamentary representatives are: *

- Leader of the

who received 30,054 votes arriving fifth in Baghdad out of seventy one seats. *

- Secretary-General of the People's Party for Reform who received 24,256 votes, arriving sixth in Baghdad out of seventy one seats. * Shirouk Al-Abaychi - Secretary-General of the National Civil Movement, 1417 votes. * Joseph Sylawa - from the Warkaa' Christian bloc aliened with the Civil Democratic Alliance.

2018 Parliamentary Election

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