Iraqi elections and the mechanism of determining the country’s three presidents – Mehr news agency RCO News Agency

According to RCO News Agency, the Iraqi parliamentary elections were held with the participation of more than 12 million people out of 21.4 million eligible people and witnessed a 12.5 percent increase in the participation rate compared to the previous period, which shows the widespread acceptance of the people for political participation.
Regarding the preliminary results of the votes of coalitions and parties in the recent parliamentary elections of this country, the Independent High Commissioner of Elections of Iraq announced: the participation rate in the elections has reached 57.11% and the election process was held in a high order.

The statement issued by the High Commissioner of Elections of Iraq states: The elections were held under normal conditions and in accordance with international standards, and the process of manual counting and recounting of votes was completed and the results were completely consistent. The preliminary election results cannot be contested. In the Iraqi parliamentary elections, the participation rate in Baghdad province reached 48.76 percent.

According to the Independent Supreme Election Commission, the participation rate was 56.11% of all registered voters. The commission adds that the announced results are “unobjectionable” because they are based on electronic counting and sorting in all provinces.

According to official data released by the commission, the Construction and Development Coalition led by Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani won the results in the capital Baghdad with 411,026 votes. After that, the Hizb al-Tadegh led by Mohammad Al-Halbousi came in with 284,109 votes, while the Government of Law coalition led by Nouri al-Maliki came in third with 228,244 votes. The coalition of the national government forces ranked fourth with 138,805 votes, followed by the Sadeghoon movement in the fifth rank, the Zazm coalition in the sixth position, the Badr organization in the seventh position, and the Al-Siyadeh coalition in the eighth position, followed by the Asas coalition and the rights movement.

In Najaf Ashraf, the Construction and Development Coalition took the lead, followed by the National Government Forces Coalition in second place, and then the Rule of Law Coalition in third place.

In Karbala, the construction and development coalition won the first place, and the government of law and the Ishraqa Kanoon coalition won the third place.

In Qadisiyah, the Construction and Development Coalition won the first place, followed by the Government of Law Coalition and then the Badr Organization.

In Salah al-Din, Toreght Party was the leader of the results, followed by Construction and Development Coalition and Azam Coalition in third place.

In Anbar, the Tohad party came first, followed by the Anbar Huytna coalition, and then the Qomm coalition.

In Nineveh, the Kurdistan Democratic Party won the first place, followed by the Progress Party and the Construction and Development Coalition.

In Basra, the decision coalition came out on top. After that, the Sadeghoon Movement, and then the Construction and Development Coalition came third.

In Erbil, the first Kurdistan Democratic Party and the second Kurdistan Patriotic Union, and the flow of the national position won the first to third places. The Kurdistan Democratic Party took the lead in Dohuk, followed by the Islamic Union of Kurdistan and the National Movement.

In Sulaymaniyah, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan won the first place, followed by the National Position Movement in the second place, and the New Generation in the third place.

In Wasit province, “Wasit Ajmal” was the first, and the government of law and the construction and development coalition were ranked next.

But in Mothni province, “Construction and Development Coalition” came first, and the government of law and Sadeghoon Movement won the next ranks.

In Maysan, the construction and development coalition, the Badr organization and the legal government won the majority of votes.

Also, in Dhi Qar, the construction and development coalition came first, and the government of law and the Sadeghoon movement were ranked next.

In Kirkuk, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party was the first, the Tadegh Party was the second, and the United Iraqi Turkmen Front was the third.

But in Babol Province, the Construction and Development Coalition was the first, and the Sadeghoon Movement and the Law Government were the second and third.

The process of appointing the prime minister and president in Iraq

According to the announcement of the Iraqi Election Commission, the aforementioned results show “a new political balance in the electoral map of Iraq”, however, the parliamentary seats that can determine the weight of different parties in the parliament have not yet been determined in detail.

Another point that is important regarding the appointment of the heads of the three forces in Iraq is the nature of the negotiations of the leading groups and the formation of parliamentary coalitions to reach the quorum required to enable the leading coalition to announce the candidate for the prime minister of Iraq. In this way, in order to clarify the importance of the results of the Iraqi elections, we should wait for the consultations of political groups to form parliamentary factions so that the nature of the president, prime minister and speaker of the parliament can be determined in these consultations.