US EditionIraqis vote in election they expect to bring little reform
- On Tuesday, November 11, Iraqis began voting to elect a 329-seat Council of Representatives, with polls open from 7am to 6pm across 18 of Iraq's 19 provinces.
- The muhasasa quota system assigns the presidency to Kurds, the prime ministry to Shias and the speaker to Sunnis, while growing voter disillusionment among Iraqi youth and calls to boycott by Moqtada al-Sadr have sapped confidence in the political system.
- Only 21.4 million registered voters face about 21 million voters competing among 7,744 candidates at up to 8,703 polling centres, with early voting for 26,000 displaced people on Sunday.
- Analysts predict a fragmented parliament that will preserve sectarian power-sharing, while Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani seeks a second term amid divisions within the Shia Coordination Framework.
- A Ministry of Finance document shows Baghdad received 822 billion dinars versus 600 billion dinars for central and southern provinces, paramilitary-linked Popular Mobilisation Forces hold entrenched power, and preliminary results will be announced within 24 hours.
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Iraqis vote in election as next gov't will have to balance U.S. and Iranian influence
With low projected turnout, the next government is expected to manage growing pressure from Washington to dismantle dozens of armed militias. 'For Iraq's 21 million registered voters, Tuesday's ballot may do little more than endorse a familiar political order,' said one Baghdad-based political analyst
Iraq is electing a new parliament in the midst of ongoing upheavals in the Arab world. The election also takes great note abroad: Iran and the USA are struggling for influence in the country.
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis went to the polls Tuesday to vote in parliamentary elections marked by tight security and a boycott by a major political bloc. A total of 8,703 polling stations were open across the country for the general election. Members of the security forces and displaced people living in camps cast their ballots in early voting on Sunday. Turnout was low in the early hours of Tuesday at polling stations visited b…
For the seventh time since the US-led invasion in 2003, Iraq is holding parliamentary elections. But despite a very uncertain situation throughout the region, voter interest is lukewarm.
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Iraq has experienced unusual stability in recent years, after decades of war and repression under Saddam Hussein and since the invasion led by the United States in 2003, which overthrew it.
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Photos show Iraqis voting in parliamentary election
Iraqis across the country are voting in the country’s parliamentary election on Tuesday.
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