IHEC Spokesperson: 71 Complaints were Filed in the Special Voting

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IHEC Spokesperson Jumana al-Ghalai.

On October 18, 2024, the security services' special voting for the sixth term of the Kurdistan parliamentary elections was held and the Spokesperson for the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced that the IHEC has registered 71 complaints.

IHEC Spokesperson Jumana al-Ghalai told PUKMEDIA: "During the special voting, 71 complaints were lodged by parties and observers regarding the procedure, including 11 complaints in Duhok, 11 in Erbil, 25 in Sulaymaniyah, and 24 in Halabja."

Adding: "The commissioners will examine the complaints with the relevant documents and render decisions; however, no complaints have been investigated to date. Should there be complaints regarding the general election, the commission will publicly disclose them before initiating an investigation."

"The voter turnout in the general election was 72%, while the average turnout for both special and general elections was 70%. The results are expected to be announced today," she stated.

Previously, Aysar Yasin, spokesperson for the Central Election Committee of the Kurdistan Region, announced during a news conference that the voter turnout for the sixth term of the Kurdistan parliamentary elections' general voting was 72%, adding that the voter turnout in the electoral constituencies was as follows: Erbil 74%, Sulaymaniyah 65%, Duhok 78% and Halabja 69%."

After six years, the general and special voting of the elections for the sixth term of the Kurdistan Parliament took place, where the special voting took place on October 18, 2024, and general voting took place on October 20, 2024. 

A total of 2,899,578 people, including general and special voters, were eligible to vote in the sixth term of the Kurdistan parliamentary elections. 

The IHEC prepared all logistical materials for voting day, printing 3,077,550 ballot papers for the general election. Each one included 136 electoral lists with 1,191 candidates, of which 368 are female candidates. They also included 84 independent candidates for general seats, 20 for Turkmen seats, and 18 for Christian seats. 

For monitoring, there were 1,830 international observers, alongside 9,610 accredited local observers and 43,139 agents from political parties.



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