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UPDATED: Iraq's electoral commission reports just over 42 percent voter turnout

The participation rate across many provinces was under 50 percent. In Kurdistan Region's Duhok, the number was 57 percent, but turnout in Sulaimani province was 38 percent, according to an IHEC announcement.

Kurdistan 24 2021/10/10 23:03

Iraq

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission announced a 42 percent voter turnout late Sunday in the country's parliamentary general election held earlier in the day.

The participation rate in the Kurdistan Region's Duhok province was 57 percent, in Erbil province 49 percent, in Sulaimani province 38 percent, in Kirkuk province 43 percent, in Nineveh province 48 percent, and in Diyala province 48 percent.

The turnout was the lowest in Baghdad's Rusafa district, with 31 percent. The capital region's Karkh district was the second-lowest with 34 percent.

In provinces across Iraq, turnout was as follows:

Basra province: 41 percent
Maysan province: 42 percent
Qadisiya province: 43 percent
Dhi Qar province: 44 percent
Najaf province: 41 percent
Muthana province: 42 percent
Baghdad province—Rusafa district: 31 percent
Baghdad province—Karkh district: 34 percent
Karbala province: 44 percent
Babil province: 46 percent
Diyala province: 48 percent
Anbar province: 44 percent
Wasit province: 46 percent
Duhok province: 57 percent
Erbil province: 49 percent
Sulaimani province: 38 percent
Salahuddin province: 49 percent
Kirkuk province: 43 percent
Nineveh province: 48 percent