Election turn out 62%:Iraq
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 12:56 pm
The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki’s State of Law Coalition is widely expected to win the most seats according to preliminary results from the election. The Iraqi National Alliance opponents have also admitted Mr Maliki’s State of Law Coalition had done well, especially in Baghdad and in the Shia south of Iraq.
But it is unlikely one party will form a government alone and there may be months of negotiations on a coalition. Mr Maliki faces competition from the Shia-dominated Iraq National Alliance and the secular coalition of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. An official with Mr Allawi’s Iraqiya alliance said the bloc was leading in the northern and western provinces.
The final official results will not be declared until the end of March, though preliminary results are expected in two or three days. The voter turnout in Iraq’s general elections was 62%.
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