| Election Name: | 2009 Karbala Governorate election |
| Country: | Iraq |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | Iraqi governorate elections, 2005#Karbala Governorate |
| Previous Year: | 2005 |
| Next Election: | 2013 Karbala governorate council election |
| Next Year: | Next |
| Seats For Election: | All 27 seats for the Karbala Governorate council |
| Leader1: | Yousef Majid Al-Habboubi |
| Party1: | Independent (politician) |
| Last Election1: | 0 |
| Seats Before1: | 0 |
| Seats1: | 1 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 37,864 |
| Percentage1: | 13% |
| Swing1: | 13% |
| Party2: | Amal al-Rafidayn |
| Last Election2: | 0 |
| Seats Before2: | 0 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote2: | 26,967 |
| Percentage2: | 9.25% |
| Swing2: | 9.25% |
| Colour2: | 000000 |
| Leader4: | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Party4: | State of Law Coalition |
| Last Election4: | 0 |
| Popular Vote4: | 25,469 |
| Percentage4: | 8.7% |
| Swing4: | 8.7% |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 9 |
| Seat Change4: | 9 |
| Colour4: | FF0000 |
| Party5: | Al-Mehraab Martyr List |
| Last Election5: | 21 |
| Popular Vote5: | 19,364 |
| Percentage5: | 6.6% |
| Swing5: | 27.7% |
| Seats Before5: | 21 |
| Seats5: | 5 |
| Seat Change5: | 15 |
| Colour5: | 009933 |
| Governor of Karbala | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent Governor |
| Before Election: | Uqeil al-Khazaali |
| Before Party: | Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq |
| After Election: | Amaleddin Majeed Hameed Kadhem |
| After Party: | State of Law Coalition |
The Karbala governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Coalition 2005/2009!! Allied national parties !! Leader !!Seats (2005) !! Seats (2009) !! Change !!Votes|-| style="text-align:left;" |Yousef Majid Al-Habboubi || style="text-align:left;" |Independent || || – || 1 || +1 ||37,864|-| style="text-align:left;" |Amal al-Rafidayn (Hope of Rafidain) || || Abbas al-Musawi
Mohammad al-Musawi || – || 9 || +9 || 26,967|-| style="text-align:left;" |State of Law Coalition || style="text-align:left;" | Islamic Dawa Party || style="text-align:left;" |Nouri Al-Maliki|| – || 9 || +9|| 25,469|-| style="text-align:left;" |Al Mihrab Martyr List || style="text-align:left;" |ISCI|| style="text-align:left;" |Abdul Aziz al-Hakim|| 21 || 4 || -15 || 19,364|-| style="text-align:left;" |Independent Free Movement List || style="text-align:left;" |Sadrist Movement || style="text-align:left;" |Muqtada al-Sadr || – || 4 || +4 || 19,215|-| style="text-align:left;" |Islamic Virtue Party || style="text-align:left;" |Islamic Vertue Party ||Abdelrahim Al-Husseini || 5 || – || -5 ||7,826|-| style="text-align:left;" |Independent Council of Tribal Shaykhs & Notables of Karbala Governorate || || style="text-align:left;" | || 2 || – || -2 ||6,175|-| style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Meeting for Holy Karbala || || style="text-align:left;" | || 2 || – || -2 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Progressive Gathering || || style="text-align:left;" | ||2 || – || -2 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Independent Intellectuals Gathering || || style="text-align:left;" | || 2 || – || -2 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Independent Unified List for the Governorate of Holy Karbala || || style="text-align:left;" | || 2 || – || -2 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Iraqi Democratic Current || || style="text-align:left;" | || 2 || – || -2 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Shi’ite Political Council || || style="text-align:left;" | || 2 || – || -2 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Abbas al-Hasnawi || || style="text-align:left;" | ||1 || – || -1 |||-| style="text-align:left;" |Other Parties || || || || || || |-| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 | Total || || 41 || 27 || -14||291,479|-|colspan=5|Sources: this article – al Sumaria – New York Times -[1] |}