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Dec. 15 Iraqi Election Results Certified
10.2.2006
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Dec. 15 Iraqi Election Results Certified, Key
Step in Forming Government
BAGHDAD, Iraq Feb 10, 2006 (AP)— Iraq's
election chief announced the final certified results
for the country's Dec. 15 parliamentary polls on
Friday, starting the clock on the long-awaited
formation of a new government.
The announcement gave legal confirmation to initial
results released last month for those who won the
275 seats in Iraq's first post-Saddam Hussein
parliament with a four-year mandate. With Friday's
certification parliament must convene within two
weeks.
Adil al-Lami, head of the Independent Electoral
Commission of Iraq, said 128 seats were won by the
dominant Shiite coalition, the United Iraqi
Alliance.
Two Sunni Arab blocs, the Iraqi Accordance Front and
the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, received 44
and 11 seats respectively. Their combined 55 seats
sees Sunni Arabs increase their representation by
more than threefold on the outgoing parliament.
The Kurdish Coalition of parties led by President
Jalal Talabani and Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani
were the other big winners, claiming 53 seats.
AP
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