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Al-Sudani’s Bloc Tops Iraqi Election With No Majority, Coalition Talks Ahead

Coalition bargaining now begins under Iraq's sectarian power-sharing system.

Anhänger des amtierenden irakischen Premierministers Mohammed Shia al-Sudani schwenken Nationalflaggen vor einem Bildschirm, auf dem sein Porträt zu sehen ist
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Menschen gehen mit irakischen Flaggen über den Tahrir-Platz in Bagdad
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Overview

  • Preliminary results from the election commission show Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s candidates’ list leading with more than 1.3 million votes, about 217,500 ahead of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
  • The KDP placed second with over one million votes and posted a surprise showing in Nineveh, reshaping coalition arithmetic.
  • No bloc secured a majority in the 329-seat parliament, so negotiations among Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish parties to form a government could take weeks or months.
  • Official turnout was reported at roughly 55–56 percent, a marked increase from the 2021 vote.
  • The campaign featured deadly violence and a boycott call by Muqtada al-Sadr, while more than 300 observers, including from the UN and Arab League, monitored the process.