ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq's electoral commission on Thursday announced the final results of the latest local elections.
Local elections were held in Iraq’s 15 provinces, excluding the Kurdistan Region, on 18 December. Preliminary results representing 94 percent of the votes were announced the following day. The last provincial council elections took place in 2013, without Kirkuk.
According to Iraq's electoral body, 26 million people were eligible to vote.
The overall voter turnout reached 41 percent, higher than the parliamentary elections in 2021 despite the boycott by influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Kirkuk province recorded the highest turnout across all the provinces with 66 percent of eligible voters casting ballots, numbering over 566,000.
The councils were dissolved in 2019 in response to demands by Tishreen protesters who criticized the system for its failures and for enabling corruption.
According to final results of the votes from Iraq’s provincial council elections the main winning parties in each province are the following:
Kirkuk province:
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan: 5 seats
KurdistaSalahaddin province:
Jamahir Party: 5 seats
National Framework Alliance: 2 seats
Al-Azm: 2 seatsn Democratic Party : 2 seats
Anbar province:
Taqadum: 6 seats
Anbar Is Our Identity: 3 seats
Qimam Alliance: 2 seats
Nineveh province:
Nineveh For Its People: 5 seats
Kurdistan Democratic Party: 4 seats
National Contract Alliance: 3 seats
Baghdad province:
State of Law Coalition: 9 seats
We Build Alliance: 9 seats
Taqadum Party: 8 seats
Diyala province:
Diyalatuna al-Watani Alliance: 4 seats
Taqadum Party: 3 seats
Sovereignty: 3 seats
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan: 1 seat
Wasit province:
Wasit Ajmal Alliance: 7 seats
We Build Alliance: 2 seats
State of Law Coalition: 2 seats
Karbala province:
Ibdaa’ Karbala Alliance: 7 seats
State of Law Coalition: 2 seats
We Build Alliance: 2 seats
Najaf province:
We Build Alliance: 3 seats
State of Law Coalition: 3 seats
Wafah Movement: 2 seats
Maysan province:
We Build Alliance: 6 seats
State of Law Coalition: 3 seats
The National State Forces Alliance: 3 seats
Muthana province:
State of Law Coalition: 3 seats
The National State Forces Alliance: 3 seats
We Build Alliance: 3 seats
Dhi Qar province:
We Build Alliance: 5 seats
State of Law Coalition: 4 seats
The National State Forces Alliance: 2 seats
Babil province:
We Build Alliance: 4 seats
State of Law Coalition: 3 seats
The National State Forces Alliance: 3 seats
Diwaniya province:
We Build Alliance: 4 seats
State of Law Coalition: 3 seats
Qiyam Alliance: 3 seats
Basra province:
Tasmim Alliance: 12 seats
We Build Alliance: 5 seats
State of Law Coalition: 3 seats
Salahaddin province:
Jamahir Party: 5 seats
National Framework Alliance: 2 seats
Al-Azm: 2 seats
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