The Islamic Virtue Party, which includes the Governor of Basra, Mohammed al-Waili Iraqi Hezbollah, led by former Iraqi Governing Council member Sheikh Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi, who led the rebellion by the Marsh Arabs against Saddam Hussein. A number of independent politicians, including some supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr (although other Sadr supporters formed the National Independent Cadres and Elites party). In advance of the December 2005 elections, Moqtada al-Sadr's party chose to join the Alliance. However, the Iraqi National Congress and Iraqi Hezbollah left the Alliance to form their own lists. In a blow to the Alliance, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani announced that he would not back any particular party for the election; he merely encouraged people to vote "according to their beliefs." He is said to have been disappointed with the performance of the transitional government. It was initially reported before the election that the UIA seats would be split between the parties as follows: Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) - 30 places Moqtada al-Sadr's party - 30 places Islamic Dawa Party - 29 places Islamic Virtue Party - 14 places others - 15 places Analysis of the seat allocation after the elections showed that the 109 district seats and 19 compensatory seats won by the UIA were split as follows: Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and Badr - 21 + 15 Moqtada al-Sadr's party - 25 + 3 Islamic Virtue Party - 14 + 1 Islamic Dawa Party - 13 Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organisation - 12 independents and others - 24 The Kurdistan Alliance (#730) This Kurdish-dominated coalition was formed for the January 2005 election by the two main Kurdish parties—the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan of the transitional Iraqi President Jalal Talabani—plus some other smaller parties. The DPAK formed a coalition government with the UIA in the wake of the January 2005 elections. This coalition will also contest the December elections, but the smaller Kurdistan Islamic Union, who won 10 percent of the seats in the Dahuk and Sulaymaniyah governorate elections in January, has announced that it will form its own governmental lists. Iraqi National List (#731) The Iraqi List was established by Iyad Allawi, who served as interim Prime Minister before the January 2005 election. It is dominated by his Iraqi National Accord party. For the December 2005