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Iraq announced on Tuesday the results of the provincial council elections after counting 90 percent of the ballots. The Taqadum party of ousted parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi won the most votes in the capital Baghdad. The State of Law coalition of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki came second. Some 6 million Iraqis out of 23 million eligible voters took part in the elections.

BAGHDAD — Iraqis voted on Monday in the first provincial council elections held in a decade, which were expected to strengthen the dominance of Shiite groups.The vote comes at a time of widespread political apathy and disillusionment in the oil-rich country of 43 million that is still recovering from years of war.Polls closed as planned at 6:00 pm (15:00 GMT), state media

Iraqis began voting for the first time in a decade Saturday to select new provincial council members, who in turn will appoint governors, with the outcome seen as a bellwether for the parliamentary election due to take place in 2025. Saturday’s vote was restricted to military and security personnel and internally displaced people living in…

Iraqis were casting ballots on Monday in the first elections for provincial councils in a decade, with the ruling Shiite alliance likely to extend its grip on power amid a boycott by populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, its main political rival. The election sets the stage for parliamentary elections scheduled for 2025, which will determine the balance of power in a nation where groups with close ties to Iran have gained ground in politics and the economy in recent years.

ALBAWABA - Voting began in Iraq on Monday in the first elections for provincial councils in a decade, with the ruling Shiite Muslim alliance likely to e

The first council elections in a decade are expected to strengthen the grip of pro-Iran groups.

The council elections are expected to strengthen pro-Iran Shiite Muslim groups as their main rival, populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, boycotts the vote.

Iraqis voted Monday in the first provincial council elections in a decade, which are expected to strengthen powerful Shiite pro-Iran groups

Baghdad’s streets are nearly empty on Monday, the main day of polling in the country’s first provincial elections in a decade.

Local elections Iraq last took place in 2013. They were postponed because of the war against Islamic State militants who took over large parts of Iraq but were eventually defeated.