Iraq Legislative Election, 2005
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Last Modified: 12/20/05
Summary: Iraq, Parliamentary, Jan 30, 2005,

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Results and turnout

Provisional results released on February 13 showed that the United Iraqi Alliance, tacitly backed by Shi'a leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, led with some 48% of the vote. The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan was in second place with some 26% of the vote. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's party, the Iraqi List, came third with some 14%. In total, twelve parties received enough votes to win a seat in the assembly.



Hundreds of voters line up outside a polling place in Baghdad.

Hundreds of voters line up outside a polling place in Baghdad.

Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting.

Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting.

In the January 30, 2005, Legislative elections, the Iraqi people chose representatives for the newly-formed 275-member Iraqi National Assembly. The voting represented the first general election since the United States-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, and marked an important step in the transition of turning control of the country over from US occupation forces to the Iraqis themselves.





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