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The Nineveh governorate election of 2013 was held on 20 June 2013 alongside elections for Al Anbar Governorate. Due to a combination of disenchantment with the previous Sunni Arab dominated Council’s record and the threat from security problems turnout was nearly half of that seen in the 2009 election in Ninawa. The election saw the previously dominant Sunni Arab parties lose many seats to minorities dominated parties.