Turnout put at 57%
…Numbers from the Shia Muslim community in southern Iraq and the Kurds in the north were particularly high. In Sunni areas in central Iraq the picture was mixed. Several particularly violent Sunni towns saw few voters, with reports that some polling stations did not open. Residents in other Sunni areas said that higher than expected numbers went to the polls.
Iraqi election officials initially put turnout at 72% but later admitted it was a crude estimate and said perhaps 8 million out of Iraq’s 14 million eligible voters had taken part, a turnout closer to 57%.
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