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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The election was marked by a strong increase in turnout, which reached 55% compared to the historically low record of 41% in 2021.
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Voter turnout stood at 55% in Iraq’s most recent parliamentary election, but that figure isn’t as high as it appears at first glance. CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh explains why Iraqis are disillusioned with politics in the country.
More than 20 years after Saddam Hussein's fall, a generation voted for the first time in the parliamentary election, who only knows the dictator from videos, but is frustrated by the corrupt system.
Iraqis vote in general election
Iraqis voted for a new parliament on Tuesday at a pivotal time for the country and the wider region, in an election that both Iran and the United States will be closely watching. Iraq, which has long been a fertile land for proxy wars, has only recently regained a sense of stability, as it tries to move past decades of war since the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. But even now, the country of 46 million people suffers from poor infr…
Contrary to all expectations, a surprising number of people took part in the parliamentary election in Iraq. According to the National Electoral Authority, more than 55 percent of the approximately 21 million voters gave their vote – a significant leap in comparison to the last election in 2021, when participation had fallen to a record low of 41 percent. Observers had previously expected an even lower quota – mainly because of the widespread po…
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