The Upholders of the Message

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 and they were allowed to join the United Iraqi Alliance primary election for the Iraqi Prime Minister.

Political parties in Iraq
National Iraqi Alliance (155)	State of Law Coalition (92) Islamic Dawa Party Sadrists (34) Al-Ahrar Bloc (28) Elite Movement (3) National Partnership Gathering (3) Al-Muwatin (29) Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (29) Al-Mehraab Martyr List Iraqi National Congress Tayyar Bada'ni
Others	Kurdistan Democratic Party (25) Muttahidoon (23) Al-Wataniya (21) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (21) Al-Arabiya Coalition (10) Movement for Change (9) Islamic Virtue Party (6) National Reform Trend (6) Diyala is Our Identity (5) Iraq Alliance (5) Iraqi Turkmen Front (5) Kurdistan Islamic Union (4) Kurdistan Islamic Group (3) Nineveh National Alliance (3) Civil Democratic Alliance (3) Loyalty to Al-Anbar (3) Iraqi Loyalty Alliance (2) Competences and People Gathering (2) Unity of the Iraqis (2)
Single seat groups	National Alliance of Saladin National Coalition in Saladin Independent Civil Alternative Coalition Dignity Alliance Al-Sadiqoun Bloc The Equitable State Movement Ad Dawa Iraq Organization Solidarity in Iraq Alliance Salvation Alliance Arab Kirkuk Alliance
Reserved Christian seats	National Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) (2) Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council (2) Democratic Uruk List (Iraqi Communist Party) (1)
Reserved minority seats	Hareth Shanshal Sunaid (1) [Mandaean seat] Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress (1) [Yazidi seat] Council of Free Shabaks (1) [Shabak seat]
Banned	Hizb ut-Tahrir Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq pan-Arab organization al-Awda
Unrepresented	Badr Organization
Politics of Iraq