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Iraq vote result may take days - IECI
official
21.10.2005
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BAGHDAD, Oct 21
(Reuters) - The result of Iraq's constitutional
referendum will not be announced for at least
another day or two, a senior official of the
Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) said
on Friday.
The Oct. 15 referendum on a constitution opposed by
some Sunni Arabs as a recipe for division is
expected to pass, but officials have been recounting
the ballots in some areas because of unusually high
"Yes" or "No" totals.
Asked whether the result would be announced on
Friday, Adil al-Lami, one of seven commissioners on
the IECI, told Reuters: "No, definitely not today.
And perhaps not even tomorrow. I can't say exactly
when it will be."
He said initial figures on turnout showed that
across the country 64 percent of voters had cast
their ballot. However, turnout had been much lower
in the province of Anbar, the focus of a Sunni Arab
insurgency, with only 32 percent turning up on
polling day.
Turnout in Baghdad was 56 percent, he added.
Reuters
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