Iraqi elections: 7,744 candidates and 848 disqualified so far
Iraqi elections: 7,744 candidates and 848 disqualified so far
2025-11-06 00:59
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The spokeswoman for the Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq announced on Thursday that the number of candidates excluded from the upcoming elections has reached 848.
Jumana Al-Ghalai added in a statement to Shafaq News Agency that the total number of candidates registered for the elections to date has reached 7,744 candidates.
The legislative elections in Iraq will be held on November 11, 2025, where about 30 million Iraqis out of a population of 46 million are eligible to vote to choose their representatives in the new House of Representatives. However, about seven million of them will be prevented from participating because they do not have voter cards as a result of not updating their data.
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