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Turnout in Iraq’s election reached 43% -electoral commission

Turnout in Iraq’s parliamentary election earlier this month reached 43%, the electoral commission said late on Saturday, a small increase from preliminary results, APA reports quoting Reuters.

More than 9.6 million people cast their ballots in the Oct. 10 vote, the commission said.

Populist Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said his movement secured the biggest number of seats in the parliament adding that he would not challenge the results.

“We will seek to form (a) non-sectarian and non-ethnic national coalition under the umbrella of reform,” al-Sadr, who opposes all foreign interference and whose main rivals are Iran-allied Shi’ite groups, said in a statement on Saturday.

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency