IHEC Spokesperson: Special Voting Turnout was 97%

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IHEC Spokesperson Jumana al-Ghalai.

The special voting turnout for the sixth term of the Kurdistan parliamentary elections was 97%, with more than 208,000 voters casting their ballots.

"Out of 215,960 special voters, 208,521 voters cast their ballots, which is 97%," Jumana al-Ghalai, spokesperson for the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), told PUKMEDIA.

"1,926 local and international observers and 3,750 party representatives observed the special voting process," Ghalai said.

"Of the total number of special voters, 203,773 were male and 4,748 were female," she added.

"The voting turnout in Erbil was 97%, in Sulaymaniyah 97%, in Duhok 98% and in Halabja 96%," she said.

Polling stations for special voting commenced operations for voters in the Kurdistan Region on Friday, October 18, 2024, at 7 am (local time) and completed after 11 hours at 6 pm (local time), at which the voting machines stopped functioning and the special voting period ended.

After six years, the elections for the sixth term of the Kurdistan Parliament are set to take place on October 20, 2024. Today, October 18, special voting will be conducted for the same purpose.



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