Of 215,560 security force members eligible to vote in the early polls, 208,521 cast a ballot, Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said in a press conference two hours after polls closed.
The breakdown of the turnout is as follows:
Duhok: 98 percent
Erbil: 97 percent
Sulaimani: 97 percent
Halabja: 96 percent
Nineveh: 43 percent
Kirkuk: 56 percent
Diyala: 62 percent
Anbar: 8 percent
Baghdad-Karkh: 79 percent
Wasit: 4 percent
Salahaddin: 54 percent
Baghdad-Rusafa: 60 percent
The general vote is on Sunday.
