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Kurdish slate scores big in Iraq's north
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March
11, 2010
ERBIL-Hewlęr,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — Kurdish political leaders
in Iraq claimed victories in parliamentary
elections, though they said they expect few changes
in the country's political landscape.
More than 60 percent of the eligible voters in Iraq
turned out for the parliamentary elections. In
results published by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, their
Kurdistan Alliance won eight of the 12 seats in the
ethnically divided province of Kirkuk.
Iraqi President and Secretary-General of the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK Jalal Talabani said
despite the victory, few changes were expected in
Iraq.
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Iraqi President : Jalal Talabani, a Kurd |
"I believe that the
major parties currently ruling the country will
continue to rule in the future with the
participation of other parties that want to take
part," he said.
PUK candidates took six of the
seats
in Kirkuk while their KDP
counterparts took
two. The
secular Iraqiya slate led by former Prime Minister
Iyad Allawi beat the State of Law coalition of Iraqi
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for the remaining
four seats,www.ekurd.netthe
Iraqi analytical Web site Niqash reports.
The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission
reported voter turnout in the northern provinces of
Iraq, including the three Kurdish provinces, was the
highest in the country. Voter turnout in Duhok was
listed at 80 percent, the highest recorded in Iraq.
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