The Sadrist Movement is an Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

i Islamist national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr

Muqtada al-Sadr

Sayyid Muqtadā al-Ṣadr is an Iraqi Islamic political leader.Along with Ali al-Sistani and Ammar al-Hakim of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Sadr is one of the most influential religious and political figures in the country not holding any official title in the Iraqi government.-Titles:He is...

. The movement draws wide support from across Iraqi society and especially from the Shi'a poor in the country. The most important person in setting the goals and the philosophy of the movement was Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr

Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr

Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr , often referred to as Muhammad Sadiq as-Sadr which is his father's name, was a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shi'a cleric of the rank of Grand Ayatollah. He called for government reform and the release of detained Shi'a leaders...

. A prominent preceding influence had also been Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr. The movement is religious and populist. Its goal is a society ordered by a combination of religious laws and tribal customs. The Islamic Virtue Party

Islamic Virtue Party

Islamic Virtue Party is an Iraqi political party. It follows ayatollah Muhammad Ya`qubi a student of Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and thus represent a branch of the Sadrist Movement, however the party is not affiliated with Muqtada al-Sadr and is in fact a rival to his branch of the Sadrists...

 is a smaller, rival branch of the Sadrist movement.

2009 Governorate Elections

During the Iraqi governorate elections, 2009 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

State of Law Coalition

The State of Law Coalition also known as Rule of Law Coalition is an Iraqi political coalition formed for the Iraqi governorate elections, 2009 by Prime Minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki and his Islamic Dawa Party....

 and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.

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
Ninawa Ninawa Governorate Ninawa is a governorate in northern Iraq, and the Arabic name for the biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,453,000 people in 2003. Its chief city and provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris river from the ruins of ancient...	-	0	37
Qadisiyyah	6.7%	3	28
Salah ad-Din	-	0	28
Wassit	6.0%	3	28
Total:	9.8%	43	440

2010 Parliamentary Election

During the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010 Sadrists were part of the National Iraqi Alliance.

In a press conference on 6 March 2010 ahead of the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010, Muqtada al-Sadr called on all Iraqis to participate in the election and support those who seek to expel U.S. troops

Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq

The withdrawal of American military forces from Iraq has been a contentious issue within the United States since the beginning of the Iraq War. As the war has progressed from its initial 2003 invasion phase to a multi-year occupation, U.S. public opinion has turned in favor of troop withdrawal...

 out of 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 occupation of Iraq.

Results

Governorate	Seats Won	Total Seats
Anbar
14
Babil	3	16
Baghdad	12	68
Basra	3	24
Dhi Qar	4	18
Diyala	2	13
Duhok
10
Erbil	0	14
Karbala	2	10
Kirkuk	0	12
Maysan	3	10
Muthanna	2	7
Najaf	3	12
Ninawa Ninawa Governorate Ninawa is a governorate in northern Iraq, and the Arabic name for the biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,453,000 people in 2003. Its chief city and provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris river from the ruins of ancient...	0	31
Qādisiyyah	2	11
Salah ad-Din	0	12
Sulaymaniyah
17
Wassit	3	11
Compensatory seats	1	7
Minority seats
8
Total:	40	325