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Tender Branson
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« on: May 12, 2018, 11:53:45 AM »
This took place today.

Turnout was quite low, probably only 30-40% - but no significant irregularities were reported.

Results will be out in the next 2 days.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2018, 12:38:19 AM »
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Better than in US midterm elections ...
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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2018, 08:56:32 PM »
So, uh... I heard Sadr appears to be in first place after preliminary results. He can't possibly have enough to build a coalition and become PM, right?
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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2018, 03:30:53 AM »
This is not good week for Iran.
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« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2018, 10:46:55 AM »
Quote from: Crumpets on May 13, 2018, 08:56:32 PM
So, uh... I heard Sadr appears to be in first place after preliminary results. He can't possibly have enough to build a coalition and become PM, right?

Sadr himself didn't run, so he can't be PM:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-election/cleric-sadr-in-surprise-comeback-seems-set-to-win-iraq-election-idUSKCN1IE091

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So if these results hold, then Sadr's party has a plurality of seats, but far short of a majority, so the other parties could lock him out if they can actually agree among each other.
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« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2018, 01:50:32 PM »
It seems the Sadr bloc is doing pretty well.  Haider is in trouble.
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« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2018, 02:30:11 PM »
54/329 seats is barely 16% of the whole parliament. Sadr's bloc may be the largest single one, and it may well be kingmaker, but it's not going to be governing without a really broad coalition.
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