| Submit your comments on this article | |
| Iraq | |
| Iraq: Baghdad votes in first parliamentary election since IS defeat | |
| 2018-05-13 | |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] Iraqis headed to the polls on Saturday in their first parliamentary election since victory was declared over the so-called Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS; formerly ISIS, ISIS), footage filmed in the Omar Mukhtar electoral centre in Baghdad shows. One local described how they attempted to arrive early to avoid crowds, but found it to be busy already, which she described as ’very promising.’ "We want Iraq to change completely, everything needs absolute change. This is what we want, real elections," she added. The election is the fourth to take place since former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was tossed in 2003, and is the first to be conducted electronically in an attempt to combat voter fraud. Polls close in Iraq's 2018 parliamentary election, Rudaw liveblogging results as they come in [Rudaw] Polls have closed in Iraq’s parliamentary elections that saw turnout that was at historic lows in the post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. The election was marred by allegations of voter fraud, particularly in the Kurdistan Region and disputed areas. The western world, however, reacted positively to the vote that went ahead with a few security incidents. Nine Federal Police were killed in an attack in Kirkuk province. Official results will be released within a few days.
Low turnout of 44.52 percent: commission Less than half of the electorate turned out to vote, according to official numbers. Iraq’s election commission has announced that turnout was 44.52 percent. These numbers for the first election after ISIS that was hailed as a demonstration of the country’s recovery are a dramatic drop from the 2014 vote when 63 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. 11.12 p.m. Governor says no security concerns in Erbil after reports of violence in Sulaimani Erbil Governor Nawzad Hadi congratulated the province for the “democratic process” of the election, in an interview with Rudaw. Reacting to reports of violence in Sulaimani, he called for peace and noted that “there is no insecurity in Erbil.” The latest unofficial preliminary results in Erbil put the KDP in a comfortable lead: KDP: 37,640 PUK: 13,512 New Generation: 7,347 CDJ: 5,792 Gorran: 4,149 Komal: 3,246 KIU: 1,592 | |
| Posted by:Fred |