Mosul Poll Optimism
Voter turnout better than expected in troubled northern city.
Choices Vary in Shia Areas
Voters in the south may be solidly behind the election, but support for the main Shia-led faction is not monolithic.
Celebration Marks Voting in Shia South
Shia queue up to make their voices heard in city of Nassriyah.
Kurds Stage Unofficial Independence Vote
Organisers of poll fear Iraqi Kurdistan will lose its autonomy if local leaders become too deeply embroiled in Baghdad politics.
Baghdadi Voters Defy Extremists
Attacks against polling stations appear to have failed to deter much of the capital’s electorate.
Kurdish Ballot Rigging Row
Parties in Iraqi Kurdistan accuse each other of election fraud.
Karbala Elderly Make Special Effort
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s call for Shia to vote brought out many of the old and frail.
Can They Cut off Eight Million Fingers?”
Insurgents shoot off voters’ ink-stained fingers in Baaqubah.
Ballot Shapes New Political Landscape
Following an election in which turnout seems to have been unexpectedly high, people’s minds are already turning to the new National Assembly.
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