The Basra governorate election of 2013 was held on 20 April 2013 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan, Kirkuk, Anbar, and Nineveh.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" !align="left" colspan=2 valign=top|Party/Coalition!! Allied national parties !! Leader !!Seats !! Change !!Votes !! % !! ñ% |- |bgcolor="#FF0000"| |align=left|State of Law Coalition || align=left| Islamic Dawa Party ||Nouri Al-Maliki|| 16 || 4 || 292,658 || 45.17% || 8.18% |- |bgcolor="#009933"| |align=left|Citizens Alliance ||align=left|ISCI|| Ammar al-Hakim|| 6 || 1 || 121,875 || 18.81% || 7.22% |- |bgcolor="#000000"| |align=left|Liberal Coalition|| align=left|Liberal Bloc<br />Tribal Forces Coalition<br />Sadrist Movement ||Dhia Najim al-Asadi || 3 || 1 || 58,312 ||9.00% || 4.04% |- | |align=left|Basra Independent Coalition||align=left|Kafaat al-Iraq<br />National Fidelity<br />Loyalty to Najaf<br />ICICSO || || 2 || 2 || 29,384 || 4.54% || 4.54% |- |bgcolor="#FFFF00"| |align=left|Gathering of Justice and Unity ||(Iraq)| || al-Faiz || 1 || 1 || 24,513 || 3.78% || 0.38% |- | |align=left|Al BarsaâÂÂs Civil Alliance ||align=left|Movement for Justice & Development<br />Democratic Movement<br />Labour & National Salvation Coalition<br />People's Party (Iraq)<br />National Meeting<br />NDP<br />Iraqi Communist Party ||Faiq Al Sheikh Ali || 1 || 1 || 17,541 || 2.71% || |- | |align=left|Alternative Movement || || || 1 || 1 || 15,643 || 2.41% || |- |bgcolor="#286F42"| |align=left|Islamic Dawa Party â Iraq Organisation || || || 1 || 1 || 15,493 || 2.39% || |- | |align=left|Will of Iraq Movement || || || 1 || 1 || 13,940 || 2.15% || |- |bgcolor="#098DCD"| |align=left|Al Iraqia National and United Coalition || || || 1 || 1 || 13,319 || 2.06% || |- |bgcolor="#0D4E76"| |align=left|Muttahidoon || || || 1 || 1 || 10,386 || 1.60% || |- |bgcolor="#6398FE"| |align=left|National White Bloc || || || || || 8,247 || 1.27% || 1.27% |- | |align=left|Al BasraâÂÂs People || || || || || 8,246 || 1.27% || |- | |align=left|New Dawn Bloc|| || || || || 4,115 || 0.64% || |- | |align=left|Iraqi Council for Reform and Change|| || || || || 3,536 || 0.55% || |- |bgcolor="#F6BE22"| |align=left|IraqâÂÂs Benevolence and Generosity List || || || || || 2,568 || 0.40% || |- | |align=left|IraqâÂÂs Advocates for State Support || || || || || 1,782 || 0.28% || |- | |align=left|Islamic Advocates' Party|| || || || || 1,671 || 0.26% || |- |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"| |align=left|Novac Aram Butrosian Abu Mariana||align=left|Independent || || || || 1,165 || 0.18% || |- |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"| |align=left|Alaaâ Fawzi Kamel Tutunji||align=left|Independent || || || || 812 || 0.13% || |- |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"| |align=left|Doctor Saad Mitri Botros||align=left|Independent || || || || 643 || 0.10% || |- |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"| |align=left|Mohammad Al Maryani ||align=left|Independent || || || || 592 || 0.09% || |- | |align=left|Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council|| || || || || 588 || 0.09% || |- |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"| |align=left|Legal Advisor Sanaaâ Al Asadi ||align=left|Independent || || || || 565 || 0.09% || |- |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"| |align=left|NaâÂÂel Ghanem Aziz Hanna||align=left|Independent || || || || 343 || 0.05% || |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |colspan=2 align=left|Total || || || 35 || - || 647,937 || 100% |- |colspan=7 align=left|Sources: Musings on Iraq, ISW, IHEC Basra Results, List of political coalition approved for election in provincial councils - IHEC , al-Sumaria - Basra Coalitions
On 13 June 2013 Majid al-Nasrawi of the Citizen's Alliance was elected as the new Governor of Basra. Khalaf Abdul Samad, of the State of Law Coalition, was elected as Chairman of the Basra Provincial Council.