Preliminary election results for 6 more provinces announced
Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission announces preliminary results for six more provinces. Duhok and Kirkuk are yet to be published.
Nineveh:
1. Victory Alliance - 164,714
2. KDP - 134,782
3. Al-Wataniya - 97,085
4. Nineveh Our Identity - 78,793
5. Fatih - 73,253
Sulaimani:
1. PUK - 262,128
2. Gorran - 149,930
3. New Generation - 61,638
4. Komal - 49,343
5. KDP - 46,567
6. CDJ - 44,967
7. KIU - 29,161
Saladin:
1. Qalat Jamahir Watanyah - 76,069
2. Fatih - 62,425
3. Al-Wataniya - 54,330
4. Victory Alliance - 50,437
Najaf:
1. Sayirun - 92,026
2. Fatih - 82,838
3. Victory Alliance - 71,819
4. Hikma Front - 38,099
5. State of Law - 36,808
Erbil:
1. KDP - 316,001
2. PUK - 77,792
3. New Generation - 69,123
4. CDJ - 49,266
5. Gorran - 39,809
6. Komal - 35,741
7. KIU - 23,933
8. Turkmen Front - 2,332
Misan:
1. Sayirun - 133,959
2. Fatih - 63,669
3. Hikma Front - 40,176
4. Victory Alliance - 36,257
5. State of Law - 32,137
Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission announced the preliminary results for 10 of the nation's 18 provinces in the early hours Monday morning.
Incumbent Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's Nasr (Victory) Coalition has so far won one province. Meanwhile, Hashd al-Shaabi's Fath (Conquest) Alliance and Muqtada al-Sadr's Sayirun Alliance with the Communist Party have made gains.
Sadr's preliminary success in Iraq's capital was widely celebrated by his supporters through the night.
Iraqi men holding the poster of Moqtada al-Sadr celebrate during the general election in Baghdad on May 14, 2018. Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye
Preliminary Iraqi election results for 10 provinces announced in the early hours of Monday:
Baghdad:
1. Sayirun
2. Fath
3. State of Law
4. Al-Wataniya
5. Victory Alliance
Anbar:
1. Al-Anbar Is Our Identity
2. Al-Wataniya
Wasit:
1. Sayirun
2. Fath
3. Victory Alliance
4. Hikma Front
5. State of Law
Babil:
1. Fath
2. Sayirun
3. Victory
4. Hikma Front
5. State of Law
Muthana:
1. Sayirun
2. Fath
3. Hikma Front
4. Victory Alliance
5. State of Law
Diyala:
1. Qarar Alliance
2. Fath
3. Al-Wataniya
4. Sayirun
5. Victory Alliance
6. Hikma Front
7. PUK
8. State of Law
Karbala:
1. Fath
2. Sayirun
3. Victory Alliance
4. State of Law
5. Hikma Front
6. Al-Wataniya
Dhi Qar:
1. Sayirun
2. Fath
3. Victory Alliance
4. State of Law
5. Hikma Front
6. Iradah (Will)
7. Al-Wataniya
Basra:
1. Fath
2. Sayirun
3. Victory Alliance
4. State of Law
5. Hikma Front
Al-Qadisiyah:
1. Fath
2. Sayirun
3. Victory Alliance
4. Hikma Front
5. State of Law
Iraq's IHEC announces results for 10 of the country's 18 provinces early Monday morning. Photo: IMN via Rudaw TV
There are nine minority seats in Iraq — 5 for Christians (Baghdad, Nineveh, Kirkuk, Duhok, Erbil), 1 for Yezidis (Nineveh), 1 for Shabaks (Nineveh), 1 for Mandaeans (Baghdad), 1 for Faylis (Wasit).
Voter turnout was 55 percent in Duhok, 48 percent in Erbil, and 40 percent in Sulaimani, according to the IHEC.
Across Iraq's 18 provinces, it was 44.52 percent.
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