 Ideologically SIIC differs from Muqtada al-Sadr and its sometime ally Islamic Dawa Party, in favoring a decentralized Iraq state with an autonomous Shia zone in the south.During the 2009 Iraqi governorate elections ISCI ran under the name "al-Mehrab Martyr List", the ISCI did not perform as well as they hoped to, winning 6.6% of vote and 52 out of 440 seats.They did however come second in the election.