Shafaq News – Baghdad

The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said Iraq’s nationwide voter turnout reached 54.35% after counting 99.98% of ballots in the country’s sixth parliamentary elections.

According to IHEC figures obtained by Shafaq News, Duhok recorded the highest participation rate at 76.07%, while Maysan registered the lowest at 40.11%.

Participation rates by province were as follows:

-Saladin: 66.44%

-Nineveh: 64.07%

-Al-Anbar: 65.93%

-Kirkuk: 64.12%

-Erbil: 69.02%

-Duhok: 76.07%

-Al-Sulaymaniyah (including Halabja): 56.87%

-Diyala: 55.49%

-Baghdad / Karkh: 53.27%

-Baghdad / Rusafa: 41.55%

-Babil: 49.82%

-Wasit: 46.76%

-Karbala: 46.13%

-Al-Qadisiya (Al-Diwaniya): 48.39%

-Najaf: 42.70%

-Muthanna: 49.79%

-Dhi Qar: 47.94%

-Maysan: 40.11%

-Basra: 50.21%

In the special voting, turnout among military personnel and security forces stood at 82.52%, while internally displaced persons (IDPs) reached 77.35%.

Read more: IHEC: Over 1.34M Iraqis cast ballots in special vote

Combined turnout from both the special and general votes amounted to 56.11%, with 12,009,453 Iraqis casting their ballots out of a total of 21,404,291 registered voters.