Overview
- Voters will choose 329 MPs from 7,744 candidates, with at least 25 percent of seats reserved for women.
- Only 21.4 million of roughly 32 million eligible voters have updated cards, and 2021 turnout was 41 percent, feeding expectations of low participation.
- Early ballots were cast Sunday by security personnel and about 26,000 displaced people ahead of Tuesday’s main vote.
- The UN mission’s chief, Mohamed Al Hassan, urged Iraqis to participate, calling voting their democratic right.
- Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani seeks a second term against rivals inside the Shia Coordination Framework, including Nouri al-Maliki and PMF-aligned parties expected to wield influence in coalition talks.