The list backing incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has scored a big win in parliament after elections, sources close to his alliance told AFP on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Sudani’s “Reconstruction and Development list has secured a major victory” following the vote on Tuesday, an official close to the premier told AFP.<\/p>\n
Another two sources said the premier’s alliance has “won the largest bloc”, with approximately 50 seats.<\/p>\n
Iraq’s electoral commission is expected to announce preliminary results later this evening.<\/p>\n
Sudani, who hopes for a second term, has emerged as a major force in Iraqi politics, after he was brought to power three years ago by an alliance of pro-Iran groups.<\/p>\n
Iraqis cast their ballots on Tuesday, with a high turnout of more than 55 percent, a sharp jump from the record low of 41 percent in 2021.<\/p>\n
With an outright majority almost impossible to achieve by any single list, the role of prime minister is determined by the coalition that can secure enough post-election allies to form the largest Shiite slliance.<\/p>\n
In past elections, naming a premier and forming a government has proven to be the most taxing post-election process.<\/p>\n
In previous parliaments, parties from the Shiite majority have struck compromise deals to work together and form a government.<\/p>\n
By convention in post-invasion Iraq, a Shiite Arab holds the powerful post of prime minister and a Sunni Arab that of parliament speaker, while the largely ceremonial presidency goes to a Kurd.<\/p>\n
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