Iraq election had 70% turnout

Iraq’s Electoral Commission announced today that preliminary results showed that about 70% of the country’s 15.5 million registered voters took part in last week’s election for a new parliament.

The Commission said 10,893,413 of Iraq’s 15,556,8702 registered voters cast ballots, a turnout of 69.97%. Of the votes cast, 10,716,505 were valid at 29,437 polling stations.