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February 07, 2005
Kurds move into second place
If estimates of 8 million votes cast are true, that means the IEC is about half way through the count. Here is the latest from Reuters:
BAGHDAD - A coalition of Iraq's main two Kurdish parties has moved into second place behind a Shi'ite Islamist alliance in the vote count following the Jan. 30 elections, partial results released Monday showed.
The partial results, from some polling centers in 13 of Iraq's 18 provinces, showed that the Shi'ite alliance had around 2.3 million votes, with the Kurds winning around 1.1 million and a bloc led by interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on around 620,000.The election commission says the partial results do not necessarily give a clear picture of the final distribution of the votes.
The partial results include figures for two of Iraq's three Kurdish-ruled northern provinces, and also several southern mainly Shi'ite provinces.
The Shi'ite alliance is widely expected to win by far the most votes in the election, with the Kurds second and Allawi's bloc tipped to come third.
Posted by Mike at February 7, 2005 02:35 PM
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