Shafaq News/ The spokeswoman for the Independent HighElectoral Commission (IHEC) in Iraq announced that a press conference will beheld this evening, to announce the preliminary results of the KurdistanParliament elections.
Jumana Al-Ghalay told Shafaq News that the conference willbe held in the capital Baghdad at 5:00 p.m.
In this context, an informed source told Shafaq News of thelatest statistics of the expected results after the initial counting.
The preliminary results indicate that the KurdistanDemocratic Party (KDP) obtained 40 seats, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan(PUK) obtained 23 seats, the New Generation Movement has 16 seats, theKurdistan Islamic Union has 7 seats, the Kurdistan Justice Group has 3 seats,People's Front has 2 seats, and 1 seat for the Change Movement (Gorran.)
In Erbil, the KDP received more than 253,000 votes, with thePUK and the New Generation Movement in close competition, each receiving about80,000 votes.
In Duhok, the KDP also led with 270,000 votes, while the NewGeneration Movement and the Kurdistan Islamic Union competed for second placewith about 30,000 votes each.
In Al-Sulaymaniyah, the PUK received about 190,000 votes,the New Generation more than 110,000, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party morethan 45,000.
In Halabja, the National Union received more than 9,000votes, the Kurdistan Islamic Union more than 6,000, and the Democratic Partymore than 4,000.
Notably, these results may change as the counting processcontinues.