MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE RESULTS OF IRAQ ELECTION IN KURDISTAN

Abadi behind, Sadrist and Hashd gains in preliminary election results

By Rudaw  14 May 2018  – Iraq’s election commission has published the preliminary results for ten of the nation’s 18 provinces. Incumbent Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s Nasr (Victory) Coalition has so far failed to win a province. Meanwhile, Hashd al-Shaabi’s Fatih (Conquest) Alliance and Muqtada al-Sadr’s Sayirun Alliance with the Communist Party has made gains. 

Preliminary Iraqi election results by province

Results for Erbil, Sulaimani, Najaf, Duhok, Salahadin, Kirkuk, Misan and Nineveh are expected later on Monday.

Baghdad:
1. Sayirun
2. Fatih
3. State of Law
4. Al-Wataniya
5. Victory Alliance

Anbar:
1. Al-Anbar Is Our Identity
2. Al-Wataniya

Wasit:
1. Sayirun
2. Fatih
3. Victory Alliance
4. Hikma Front
5. State of Law

Babil: 
1. Fatih
2. Sayirun
3. Victory
4. Hikma Front
5. State of Law

Muthana:
1. Sayirun
2. Fatih
3. Hikma Front
4. Victory Alliance
5. State of Law

Diyala: 
1. Qarar Alliance
2. Fatih
3. Al-Wataniya
4. Sayirun
5. Victory Alliance
6. Hikma Front
7. PUK
8. State of Law

Karbala:
1. Fatih
2. Sayirun
3. Victory Alliance
4. State of Law
5. Hikma Front
6. Al-Wataniya

Dhi Qar:
1. Sayirun
2. Fatih
3. Victory Alliance
4. State of Law
5. Hikma Front
6. Iradah (Will)
7. Al-Wataniya

Basra: 
1. Fatih
2. Sayirun
3. Victory Alliance
4. State of Law
5. Hikma Front

Al-Qadisiyah:
1. Fatih
2. Sayirun
3. Victory Alliance
4. Hikma Front
5. State of Law

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Unofficial results for Arab lists announced:

Nasr Alliance (Abadi): 38-41 seats
Sayirun (Sadr): 37-39 seats
Fatih (Amiri or Hashd list): 34-39 seats
State of Law Coalition (Maliki): 18-23 seats
Hikma Front (Hakim): 17-24 seats
Al-Wataniya (Allawi): not known

Sources from the main Kurdish parties who took part in Iraq’s parliamentary election on Saturday have offered Rudaw their predictions on their share of seats.

KDP: 25 seats
ERBIL: 8
Duhok: 9
Sulaimani: 1
Mosul: 7

PUK: 15 seats
Erbil: 3
Sulaimani: 5
Kirkuk: 5
Diyala: 1
Mosul: 1

Goran: 6
Erbil: 1
Sulaimani: 5

New Generation: 4
Erbil: 2
Sulaimani: 2

CDJ: 3
Erbil: 1
Sulaimani: 2

KIU: 2
Duhok:  1
Sulaimani: 1

Komal: 2
Erbil: 1
Sulaimani: 1

Media close to former Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki claimed his State of Law Coalition was taking the lead early on Sunday.

Later on Sunday morning, Reuters, citing an unnamed election body and an unnamed security source, reported incumbent PM Haider al-Abadi’s Nasr (Victory) Coalition was ahead of Maliki’s list and Moqtada al-Sadr’s Sa’irun Alliance, which is in coalition with the Iraqi Communist Party.

Ayad Allawi, a former Iraqi Prime Minister who is considered to be a moderate Shiite leader, called for an annulment of Saturday’s election.

“The refrainment of Iraqi people from voting in large numbers, the spread of violence, rigging, misinformation, purchase of votes, and exploitation of the conditions of the displaced,” read an Al Wataniya Coalition statement, as reported by BBC on Sunday.

Sunni politician Salaim al-Jabouri, the incumbent parliament speaker, is on Allawi’s list.

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.  www.mesop.de