Maliki wins most seats, short of majority: Iraq vote results

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's electoral bloc won the most seats in Iraq's parliamentary polls, results released on Monday showed, but he fell short of an overall majority.

May 19, 2014

Sahoub Baghdadi

 


 


BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's electoral bloc won the most seats in Iraq's parliamentary polls, results released on Monday showed, but he fell short of an overall majority.



Maliki's State of Law alliance won 92 out of 328 parliamentary seats, in the results released by the Independent High Electoral Commission, far ahead of the second highest figure. — AFP

 


May 19, 2014
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