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The High Electoral Commission confirmed that the number of voters in the Kurdistan Region’s special poll reached 208,521 voters, representing 97%, while it indicated that it sent all the results to its headquarters in Baghdad.
The spokesman for the commission, Ayser Yassin, said that the voting process in the Kurdistan Region was carried out in a good and successful manner, indicating that the number of voters in the Kurdistan Region poll reached 208,521 voters, representing 97 percent.
He added, “24 hours after the general vote, the preliminary results of the Kurdistan Region elections will be announced,” explaining that “all agencies have sent their information and data to the main headquarters in Baghdad.”
The Director of the Election Commission Office in Nineveh, Sufyan Al-Mashhadani, announced that the results of the special vote for the Kurdistan Parliament were sent to the general center in Baghdad. Al-Mashhadani confirmed that no violations were recorded during the elections, indicating that the participation rate in the special vote reached 42 percent, while he indicated that the elections were held in four electoral sites at a rate of 5 stations, and that the number of voters in the special vote reached 1038 voters.
In contrast, Nineveh Provincial Council member Rabie Youssef from the Babylon bloc revealed that violations were recorded during the special voting process for the Kurdistan Parliament elections. Council member Rabie Youssef said that the violations were represented by some threats against participants in the special voting by elements affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party, noting that the threats were direct to Christian members of the security services.
This Sunday morning, the general elections in the Kurdistan Region begin, which will determine the features of the political process in the Kurdistan Region after years of faltering and disagreements between the Kurdish parties.
