Final electoral results from Iraq's provincial council elections announced

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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