Polls close in Iraq’s parliamentary election after ‘low turnout’
Al Jazeera
Chief election observer from the EU says low voter turnout ‘is a clear, political signal’ to the political elite.
Polls closed on Sunday in Iraq’s parliamentary election with a low turnout after many people lost faith in the democratic system brought in by the United States-led invasion of 2003.
The parliamentary election that drew one of the smallest turnouts on record, electoral officials indicated. It appeared to be the lowest turnout in any vote since 2003, according to election commission counts at polling stations.
Two electoral commission officials said the nationwide turnout of eligible voters was 19 percent by midday. Turnout was 44.5 percent in the last election in 2018.
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