Allawi's Coalition Wins Most Seats in Iraqi Election
VOA News 26 March 2010
Preliminary results from Iraq's parliamentary elections show the coalition led by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has won two more seats than the bloc led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
The preliminiary results from the March 7 polls, released Friday, show Mr. Allawi's Iraqiya coalition with 91 seats in the 325-seat parliament, and Mr. Maliki's State of Law coalition with 89 seats.
Trailing them are the Shi'ite-majority Iraqi National Alliance, with 70 seats, followed by the main Kurdish coalition, the Kurdistan Alliance, with 43.
Before Friday's announcement, the United Nations special representative in Iraq, Ad Melkert, said the elections were credible, and he called on all parties to accept them.
Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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