Chairman Hussein Hindawi acknowledged there might have been some violations, but he said they were minor and would not affect the overall results in any province.
Earlier today, the leader of the National Concord Front, Adnan al-Dulaimi, criticized partial election results in the capital and called for a new ballot.
Partial results from the elections suggested the Shi'ite bloc -- the United Iraqi Alliance -- received 59 percent of the vote in the capital. The National Concord Front came a distant second with less than 19 percent.
Baghdad and its surrounding province is a key area, as it possesses more than three times more seats in parliament of any other region.
Meanwhile, U.S. Ambassador to Baghdad Zalmay Khalilzad urged Iraqi leaders to form a broad-based "cross-sectarian and cross-ethnic" government.
(Reuters/AFP/DPA)
Earlier today, the leader of the National Concord Front, Adnan al-Dulaimi, criticized partial election results in the capital and called for a new ballot.
Partial results from the elections suggested the Shi'ite bloc -- the United Iraqi Alliance -- received 59 percent of the vote in the capital. The National Concord Front came a distant second with less than 19 percent.
Baghdad and its surrounding province is a key area, as it possesses more than three times more seats in parliament of any other region.
Meanwhile, U.S. Ambassador to Baghdad Zalmay Khalilzad urged Iraqi leaders to form a broad-based "cross-sectarian and cross-ethnic" government.
(Reuters/AFP/DPA)
Iraqi Legislative Elections 2005
Iraqi Legislative Elections 2005
RFE/RL's coverage, background, and analysis of Iraq's December 15, 2005, legislative elections.
