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ty to ireneg for this article... The list of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has won the majority of seats in local councils in seven of the 12 provinces who participated in the regional elections of April 20, according to official results published Saturday. This election, the first since the departure of US troops fromIraq late 2011, was a test of popularity for the head of the Shiite government, challenged in her own community.
The list of the "rule of law" by Mr. Maliki, won the majority of seats in the provinces of Baghdad, Karbala, Babylon, Basra, Dhi Qar and Wasit, all of the regions with majority Shiite or mixed. The movement of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr won Missane province, while local lists have obtained the majority of seats in the provinces of Diyala, Najaf and Salaheddin.
Six provinces did not took part in the poll. It will be held in the coming months in the three provinces of the autonomous region of Kurdistan (North). It has been postponed to Anbar and Nineveh for safety reasons and should take place later. No election held in the province of Kirkuk since 2005 due to persistent disagreements between its different communities and ethnic groups. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
The list of the "rule of law" by Mr. Maliki, won the majority of seats in the provinces of Baghdad, Karbala, Babylon, Basra, Dhi Qar and Wasit, all of the regions with majority Shiite or mixed. The movement of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr won Missane province, while local lists have obtained the majority of seats in the provinces of Diyala, Najaf and Salaheddin.
Six provinces did not took part in the poll. It will be held in the coming months in the three provinces of the autonomous region of Kurdistan (North). It has been postponed to Anbar and Nineveh for safety reasons and should take place later. No election held in the province of Kirkuk since 2005 due to persistent disagreements between its different communities and ethnic groups. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
