78 percent turnout in Kurdish election
(AP)
26 July 2009
26 July 2009
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Iraq’s election commission says 78 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in elections in the self-ruled Kurdish north.
Independent High Electoral Commission member Hamdiyah al-Husseini told a news conference late on Saturday in the Kurdish city of Irbil that the highest voter turnout was in Dahuk, one of three Kurdish provinces making up the region. Al-Husseini says nearly 86 percent of eligible voters in Dahuk cast ballots.
She says 79 percent of voters turned out in Irbil and 74.5 percent in Sulaimaniyah.
Election results are not expected to be announced for several days.
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