The Upholders of the Message, (Risalyun) is an Iraqi political list that ran in the
December 2005 elections. This list won 1.2% of the popular vote, thus receiving two seats. The members are supporters of
Muqtada al-Sadr
Muqtada al-Sadr ( ar, مقتدى الصدر, Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr; born 4 August 1974) is an Iraqi politician and militia leader. He is the leader of the Sadrist Movement and the leader of the Peace Companies, a successor to the militia he had p ...
and they were allowed to join the
United Iraqi Alliance
The National Iraqi Alliance (NIA or INA; ar, الائتلاف الوطني العراقي; transliterated: al-Itilaf al-Watani al-Iraqi), also known as the Watani List, is an Iraqi electoral coalition that contested the 2010 Iraqi legislative ...
primary election for the Iraqi Prime Minister.
Electoral lists for Iraqi elections
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