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Iraq parliamentary elections final results out

Sunday, 20 May 2018 1:56 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 20 May 2018 1:59 AM ]

An Iraqi woman shows her ink-stained index finger before a national flag after having cast her vote in the first parliamentary election since declaring victory over Daesh, in the capital Baghdad. (AFP)

Altaf Ahmad
Press TV, Baghdad

Iraq’s Independent Higher Electoral Commission has announced the results of Iraq’s May 12th parliamentary elections. Seven-thousand candidates were vying for 329 seats at the Iraqi parliament. With final results finally out, all eye are now on anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as he is seen as the kingmaker in the current Iraqi politics. From Baghdad Altaf Ahmad reports.

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