Vote count continues in the Iraqi parliamentary elections / Turnout has reached 41%.
The Iraqi Electoral Commission announced on Monday that the turnout in the parliamentary elections had reached 41%, according to preliminary results.
According to Sky News, the counting of early parliamentary elections in Iraq has been going on since Sunday evening, after the closing of polling stations in all provinces of the country.
The High Electoral Commission announced this morning that according to the preliminary results, the turnout in this election has reached 41%.
According to the Electoral Commission, the city of Duhok had the highest turnout among Iraqi cities with 54%, and Salah al-Din province came in second with 48%.
Also, the number of voters reached 9 million 77 thousand and the number of complaints reached 58.
Jalil Adnan, the head of the election commission, told a news conference last night after the polls closed that the results would be announced soon and that the commission would announce the turnout in the coming hours.
Preliminary results are expected to be announced today, Monday.
The Independent High Electoral Commission (IEC) on Sunday called on the people to wait for the announced results and said that the rumors about the victory of a candidate or a coalition were “false”.
Early parliamentary elections were held yesterday morning amid tight security and a year ahead of schedule.
This is the fifth election since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the first referendum process under the new election law, which was approved by parliament in December 2019 in response to popular protest demands.
In this election, 3,249 candidates from 21 coalitions and 109 parties, along with some independent candidates, are running for 329 seats in parliament.
