IHEC: Final results of Iraqi elections announced

IHEC said in a press conference attended by “Shafaq News” that “State of coalition got one million and more than 74000 votes while its leader got 721000 votes.

State of law coalition has won 93 seats , Kurds 5 seats , Ahrar bloc 31 seats and Mwaten bloc won 29 seats.

Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced that the National coalition led by Iyad Allawi came on the second place in Baghdad followed by Ahrar bloc and Mwaten (citizen) bloc .

IHEC said in a conference attended by " Shafaq News " , that “The National Coalition got 10 seats in the capital, Baghdad, out of 69 , while Ahrar bloc got 6 seats and Mwaten bloc got 5 then Motahedoun bloc got seats.

Al-Nakheb movement got 3 seats , the Civic Democratic Alliance 3 seats ,     National Partnership gathering got 2 seats , Iraq’s coalition got 2 seats, al-Arabiya coalition got 1 seat, Fadihela ( Virtue) got 1 seat , National Reform Jaafari alliance got 1 and Sadeqon got 1 seat .

IHEC has also announced that 22 women have won in the elections without need to quota .

IHEC said in a conference attended by "Shafaq News", that women winners are Hanan al –Fatlawi in Babel, Huda Sajad in Qadisiyah, Najeebeh Najib in Dohuk, Nahida al-Daini in Diyala, Suad Mohammed in Najaf, Zainab Kathim in Babel, Suhad Musa in Qadisiyah, Khawla Mnkhe in Muthanna, Shireen Abdul Rahman in Dohuk , Ibtesam Hashim in Karbala, Nawal Jumaa in Dhi -Qar, Sabah Abdul Rasool in Baghdad, Aisha Mahdi in Baghdad, Ashuaq al-Jaff in Sulaymaniyah, Itesar Ali in Nineveh, Mahasen Hamed in Nineveh, Sarwa Abdul Wahid in Erbil, Alla Talabani in Kirkuk, Nada Abdullah in Baghdad, Suad Habib in Baghdad, Nahida Habib in Baghdad and Alyia Nassif in Baghdad.

While Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) won the highest votes in Erbil by gaining 7 seats followed by Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) gained 4 seats followed by Change movement two seats and the Islamic group two seats.

In Nineveh, Motahedoun (United ) coalition get the highest votes followed by Kurds.

“Motahedoun bloc got 12 seats in Nineveh province, followed by Kurdistan Alliance with 6 seats and National Bloc got three seats."

Diyala is our identity coalition got five seats, followed by State of law coalition got three seats, and the National Bloc got two seats in Diyala.

State of law coalition got the highest votes in Najaf province, followed by Ahrar bloc.

“State of law got 6 seats, followed by Ahrar bloc that got 2 seats , Wafa al- Iraq won two seats and Mwaten bloc won 2 seats also.

According to IHEC, State of law coalition won the highest number of votes in Karbala,Muthanna and al-Qadisiyah provinces.

“State of law won 7 seats in Karbala, followed by Ahrar that won 2 seats then Mwaten won one seat and Fadehila (virtue) won one seat,” IHEC said.

IHEC announced that Motahedoun (United) coalition led by Osama al-Nujaifi got 4 seats in Anbar province, to be the first.

IHEC said in a conference attended by "Shafaq News", the order of seats in Anbar province came as follows ; Motahedoun won 4 seats, al-Wafa for Anbar won 3 seats , The National (Al-Wataniya ) won 2 seats , Wehda Bana al-Iraq won 2 seats , al- Arabiya won 2 seats , al- Iraq won 1 seat and Khalas coalition won 1 seat.

Negotiations to choose a new government are likely to drag on for weeks, if not months. It took political rivals nine months to form the last government, in 2010. Even then, MPs failed for years to agree on the candidates for the ministers of defence and interior. Maliki retains the role of acting interior minister to this day.

Under Iraq's constitution, the president must ask the new parliament to convene 15 days after results are ratified. Iraq's current president, Jalal Talabani, suffered a stroke in late 2012 and has largely withdrawn from public life, but is not expected to delay the government formation process. His is a largely ceremonial role.

Once parliament convenes, MPs then must choose not only a new prime minister but also a president and speaker of parliament.