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Kurds win most votes in Iraqi diaspora
elections
26.12.2005
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BAGHDAD (AFP) -
The Kurdish alliance took the lead with over a third
of the votes in Iraq's special elections involving
expatriates, soldiers, hospitals and detainees,
according to results announced by the electoral
commission.
Alongside Iraq's regular parliamentary elections,
there were special elections held for Iraqis living
abroad from December 13 to 15, while soldiers,
detainees and hospital residents voted on December
12.
According to election commission spokesman Farid
Ayar on Monday, the Kurdish Alliance took 36.56
percent of the vote while the conservative Shiite
United Iraqi Alliance took 30.28 percent. The list
of former prime minister Iyad Allawi came in third
with 11.10 percent.
Ayar said that 319,000 Iraqis voted abroad in 50
different cities across 15 countries.
Partial results for the main elections gave a strong
showing for the UIA in Baghdad and in the south,
while the Kurdish list was the overwhelming victor
in the northern Kurd-dominated provinces.
Allawi's list, as in the special elections, rarely
garnered more than 10 percent of the vote, while the
Sunni Arab parties did well in the three strongly
Sunni provinces.
A group of 42 parties, particularly Allawi's list
and the Sunni parties, are contesting the election
results, maintaining they were falsified to the
advantage of the Shiites.
AFP
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