Iraqi election authority reports preliminary vote result
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) late Saturday announced the results of the October 10 election after concluding a manual count at thousands of designated polling stations.
Voter turnout was around 43 percent, the IHEC claimed. However, the number is reportedly much lower due to how the body calculates the number.
The result the IHEC announced is as follows:
| Sadrist Movement — Muqtada al-Sadr | 73 |
| Independent Candidates | 40 |
| Taqadum (Progress) Alliance — Mohamed al-Halbousi | 37 |
| State of Law Coalition — Nouri al-Maliki | 34 |
| Kurdistan Democratic Party — Masoud Barzani | 33 |
| Fatah Alliance — Hadi al-Amiri | 17 |
| Kurdistan Coalition (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) | 16 |
| Azm Coalition — Khamis Khanjar | 14 |
| Emtidad Movement (New, Activist-led Party) | 9 |
| New Generation Movement — Shaswar Abdulwahid | 9 |
| Ishraqat Kanoon — | 6 |
| Alliance of National State Forces — Abadi/Hakim | 4 |
| Aqed Wattani Alliance — | 5 |
| Christian Quota | 5 |
| Tasmim Alliance | 5 |