Iraqi blogger Hammorabi has the election results:
Declared just now!169 The Iraqi Alliance wined by 4,75295 votes which represents 131 seat!
The Kurdistan Union comes second just over 2 million votes which is 70 seats..
Iyad Alawi alliance got 38 seats only.
Other details later.Congratulations to the Iitylaf Iraqi Al-Mouahad.
For free, democratic and prosperous Iraq!
Iraq for all the Iraqis.Thank you for our friends from the Coalition forces who provided security for election and on the top pf them those who lost their life among them.
No for the terrorists
Yes for democratic and free Iraq and Middle East
This is good news, but don't expect things to settle down right away. Expect the Sunnis to launch a huge PR attack during the 3 day comment period, the insurgents to launch more violence and the Europeans to continue to undercut progress by dragging their feet on help with training Iraqi police.
Still: our deepest congratulations to the people of Iraq for the first - but by no means the last - free election you will have. I'm looking forward to the response from Iraqi bloggers like the brothers at Iraq the Model and Alaa at Messopotamian and the Friends of Democracy site.
At least it is huge PR attacks and more violence, and not huge violent attacks and more PR.
Did you know that Redstaterant(ME) and winds of change were mentioned in a LA times front section article?
My understanding was that not all of the Iraqi Alliance list were religious - in fact not all were Shia. Any word on what the composition of council will be by actual demographics?
Lane -
Yes, saw it, and was depressed for a week..."obscure weblogs..."...sigh...(not really, was funny!!!).
A.L.
Hey Lane -- at least they spelled our names right! (heh)
Mr. Lewy (or, Mr. 14?):
My understanding was that not all of the Iraqi Alliance list were religious - in fact not all were Shia. Any word on what the composition of council will be by actual demographics?
Well, you might try looking at that fifth-columnist, Comintern-loving professor Juan Cole's website. There, he lists the election results as regards representation. This is not the same thing as "demographics," but that is an interesting solopsism. Since the Sunnis, who used to run the country, are not particularly well-represented. Oh, well, I'm sure they'll sit back and enjoy the new Shia order peacefully.
To wit, Professor Cole's list:
United Iraqi Alliance (Shiite): 133 seats
Kurdish Alliance: 71
Iraqiya (Allawi = Secular Shiites) 38
Iraqiyyun (al-Yawir= Sunni Arabs) 5
Turkmen Front of Iraq 3
Cadres and the Chosen (Sadrist Shiites) 3
People's Union (Communist) 3
Kurdish Islamic Coalition 2
Organization of Islamic Action (Shiite) 2
Democratic National Alliance (Abd Faisal Ahmad) 1
National Mesopotamian List (Christian) 1
Welfare and Liberation Bloc (Mash'an al-Juburi, Sunni) 1
Caucus for Iraqi National Unity (Nahru Muhammad Abdul Karim, Sunni) 1
Independent Democrats (Adnan Pachachi, Sunni) 1
Iraqi Islamic Party (Muhsin Abdul Hamid, Sunni; had withdrawn) 1
Islamic Dawa Movement (splinter of Dawa, headed by Adil Majid) 1
Iraqi National Caucus (Husain Muhammad Abdullah) 1
Constitutional Monarchy Movement (Sharif Ali b. Husain) 1
Royal Iraqi Hashimi Caucus (Sharif Ma'mul al-Naysan) 1
National Democratic Alliance (Malik Duhan al-Hasan) 1
Democratic Iraqi Caucus (Ahmad Jabir Abdullah) 1
National Front for Iraqi Unity 1
Lewy,
Here's a place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Iraqi_Alliance