Election Commission: The preliminary results will be announced this evening, and we will conduct a manual count in front of everyone
Election Commission: The preliminary results will be announced this evening, and we will conduct a manual count in front of everyone
2023-12-19 02:25
Shafaq News/ The High Elections Commission confirmed on Tuesday the date of announcing the preliminary results this evening.
Electoral Commission spokesperson Jumana Al-Ghalai told Shafaq News Agency: “The initial electronic results will be announced this evening, and the number of votes obtained by alliances, parties, and individual candidates will be announced.”
The boiler added; “There are stations still in the audit centers, and the Election Commission will open these stations to the eyes of the parties, local and international observers, and the United Nations for the purpose of counting and sorting them manually according to the provisions of the law, and thus the final results are complete.”
Yesterday, Monday, the High Electoral Commission issued a table showing the numbers of participants in the general vote in the provincial council elections.
According to the table; The total number of voters in the general and private votes reached 6 million 599 thousand 668 voters, while the voting percentage reached 41%.
The Election Commission also announced, yesterday, Monday, the closure of general ballot boxes for the provincial and district council elections, in the 15 governorates that are not organized into a region, amid varying participation rates and a number of electoral and security violations.
The Commission confirmed, in urgent news, that ballot boxes were closed at 6:00 pm on Monday, in all electoral centers distributed in 15 governorates, with the exception of the Kurdistan Region.
As of midday, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Judge Omar Ahmed, announced that the percentage of voting in the general ballot for the provincial and district council elections amounted to only 17 percent.
Baghdad and the governorates of Diyala, Babel, Karbala, Dhi Qar, Diwaniyah, Muthanna, and Anbar recorded a weak participation rate in the general vote for the governorate council elections, as of midday.
Former member of the Election Commission, Saad Al-Rawi, noted the presence of delays in some polling stations, and told Shafaq News Agency that the participation rate will not exceed the rates of previous sessions, which usually range between 25 to 35%.
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