The Independent High Electoral Council (IHEC) has released the results of the vote. With their numbers, this is the expected make up of the parliament (325 seats).
Al-Iraqiyah: 91 seats
State of Law: 89 seats
Iraqi National Alliance: 70 seats
Kurdistan Alliance: 43 seats
Goran : 08 seats
Iraqi Accord Front: 06 seats
Unity Alliance of Iraq : 04 seats
Kurdistan Islamic Union : 04 seats
Islamic Group of Kurdistan : 02 seats
Minorities : 08 seats
In a surprising result, Alawi's Al-Iraqiyah group got more than Maliki's State of Law. Regardless, only two seats separate the two.
An overview of the major players
[B]Al-Iraqiyah (Iraq National Movement)[/B]: This is a bloc led by former prime minister Ayad Alawi. This group of parties claims to be both non-sectarian and secular. This party received the most support from predominately Sunni areas as well as Shias who tossed their support behind Alawi. The party has been accused of being a front for Ba'athist politicians who were banned.
[B]State of Law[/B]: This is a bloc led by current PM Nouri Al-Maliki. It is mainly Shias and other groups backing Maliki. Maliki hopes to capitalize on the gains of Iraq over the years and hopes to form a more strongly unitary government in Iraq. His opponents have accused him of dictatorial actions and corruption. Maliki's group also claims to be non-sectarian and fighting against both Islamic extremism and Ba'athists.
[B]Iraqi National Alliance[/B]: The other major Shia bloc, consisting of Shias who do not support Maliki. This group contains people who back the former PM Ibrahim al-Jaafari, as well as a number of religious groups. By the nature of their group this party is more pro-Iran than all the blocs, and deride Maliki for not serving Shia interests. Before 2007 the INA and State of Law were one, large Shia bloc that divided itself over internal disputes.
[B]Kurdish Groups[/B]: The largest group of Kurds will be the Kurdistan Alliance, an electoral alliance between the two largest Kurdish parties in the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. There are also other groups, such as Goran which formed itself in response to accused corruption of those two parties, and the two Islamic organizations- the Kurdistan Islamic Union and Islamic Group of Kurdistan. Those three participated independently from the Kurdistan Alliance in the elections.
None of the parties by themselves have enough to form a government, so they will be forced to form a coalition with other like-minded parties. Alawi and Maliki's groups will not work together, and it will be doubtful that the INA will work with Alawi. The Kurdish groups might attempt to act as one bloc, giving them 57 seats and possibly a kingmaker for the next government.
It will take a while to hammer this out though. There was violence n election day, there was violence when these results were released, and there are ongoing accusations of fraud and miscounts by the various groups, particularly between Maliki and Alawi's blocs. The results had taken a long time to be released in the first place because of this, and will continue to pose problems as Maliki has sworn to continue pressing for a recount.
I wish Gordon Brown could just be prime-minister of Iraq as well.
[QUOTE=Thom12255;20977454]I wish Gordon Brown could just be prime-minister of Iraq as well.[/QUOTE]
Looking over western interests in the area?
The point of this war is for them to rule themselves fairly.
[QUOTE=Thom12255;20977454]I wish Gordon Brown could just be prime-minister of Iraq as well.[/QUOTE]
i don't think you can a shithole into a shithole
[QUOTE=Thom12255;20977454]I wish Gordon Brown could just be prime-minister of Iraq as well.[/QUOTE]
Why should a western puppet run the country?
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;20977474]The point of this war is for them to rule themselves fairly.[/QUOTE]
With the election gone, it remains to see whether they will accept the results and then work from there.
make me president
you can trust this face
[QUOTE=bobste;20981836]make me president
you can trust this face[/QUOTE]
I don't see one of those terrorist scarfs. :clint:
Give the boy a go, will ya?
It seems Maliki is definitely pissed.
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8590417.stm[/url]
The Suspense is killing me ! I must know who the next Iraq Prime minster will be ! RAGE
It will all ultimately depend on whether Alawi will form the best coalition (with the most seats he is going to be set up as PM with the way the results stands). And that might take a few weeks with all the arguments and deals that'll get formed.
Let freedom ring :911:
[QUOTE=bobste;20981836]make me president
you can trust this face[/QUOTE]
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