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IHEC : 50% of votes sorting completed
Monday, March 15th 2010 9:21 AM
Erbil, Mar. 15 (AKnews) – The head of Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) of Iraq announced today that the electoral commission has sorted 50 percent of the votes and the early results are not released yet.
"Near to 1,200 officials are continually working to sort ballots in three work shifts… we might announce the final results of the parliamentary elections of Iraq at the end of this month," Faraj al-Haydari said.
"Delaying the final results will have impact on the elections conclusion".
Iraq Vote started on March 7-Sunday. 19 million people in 18 Iraqi provinces are entitled to elect 325 Iraqi parliament members, 82 of them would be women. One million and 900 thousand voters cast ballots in 16 countries outside Iraq.
Hundreds of local and international journalists, observers and NGOs including the UN eyed the polls to bring success to the Iraqi newly born democracy.
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