Tag Archives: IHEC

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Monday issued a directive rallying all governmental entities to preempt any form of manipulation that could potentially taint the imminent electoral results. Framing election as a fulcrum of “civil peace and stability,” al-Sudani reiterated his unwavering commitment to uphold the democratic process during …

The Federal Supreme Court ratified, on Monday, the results of the Iraqi parliamentary elections that were held on October 10. By taking this decision, the Federal Court resolved a three-month controversy over the election results, which were rejected by some blocs, including the Shiite Coordination Framework that accused the IHEC …

The chair of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), Judge Jalil Adnan Khalaf, announced on Tuesday the final results of the October 10 election. In a press conference he held earlier today, the head of IHEC’s board of Commissioners said that the hand recount and re-tallying of the ballots in …

The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) will submit the results of the contested Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on Sunday after completing the hand recount and re-tallying of the ballots. Member of IHEC’s Media team Imad Jamil told Al-Ghadeer News that the Commission will submit all the results, records, and appeals …

The Independent High Electoral Commission announced today that the total number of polling stations that have been manually recounted has reached 5304 so far. Imad Jamil, a member of IHEC’s media team, told Al-Ghadeer News, “The electoral commission manually recounted 4,326 ballots in the contested electronic voting machines”, noting that …

The leader of the Al-Fateh Alliance Hadi al-Amiri received on Wednesday the delegation of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan headed by Khaled Shwani in the capital, Baghdad, where they expressed their great rejection of manipulating the election results, while al-Amiri hinted at the possibility of resorting to boycotting the entire …

The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq will refer all election appeals to the judiciary tomorrow. An official source in the commission told Al-Ghadeer News, “The Electoral Commission will send all the appeals it has received to the judiciary to address them,” noting, “whatever decision issued by the judicial body …

The High Electoral Commission announced that it completed the recounting process in Basra Governorate on Wednesday. The Commission said in a brief that the manual counting of voters took place in the presence of candidates’ representatives, international observers, and authorized media personnel. Tomorrow, Thursday, IHEC will follow up the submitted …

Iraq’s High Electoral Commission announced today, Tuesday, the completion of the manual counting in the polling stations in the governorates of Dhi Qar and Saladin. According to a statement, the manual counting took place in the presence of candidates’ representatives, international observers, and authorized media personnel. The Commission added that …

The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has completed the manual recount of the ballots in the contested Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in Erbil, Kirkuk, Karbala, al-Diwaniyah, al-Muthanna, and al-Anbar. “The recount took place in the presence of the contesting candidates’ representatives, international observers, and media,” a statement of IHEC said, …

The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq disclosed today the latest details of the ongoing manual counting. Imad Jamil, a member of the Commission’s media team, told Al-Ghadeer News, “Today, the electoral stations whose results are contested will be manually counted in six governorates, which are Karbala with 101 stations, …

The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced today that the election results might change after the manual recount of the ballots. The assistant media spokesperson for the Commission, Nibras Abu Souda, told Alghadeer News, “The counting process may change the candidates’ number of votes.” “The election law stipulates adopting the …

The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has completed the manual recount of the ballots for the centers whose results were challenged in Babel. A source in IHEC’s office in Babel said that results of the manual recount completed earlier today, Thursday, are 100% compatible with the electronic count, “consequently, there …

The Independent High Electoral Commission decided to manually recount votes in 297 electoral stations and responded to 461 appeals against the election results. The Commission said in a statement that it is studying the submitted appeals and 483 appeals were presented to the Board of Commissioners today. After completing the …

Iraqi Electoral Commission announced on Saturday that it had accepted 234 appeals against the election results, after evaluating 340 appeals. The commission said in a statement that Al-Ghadeer received a copy of it, “The Independent High Electoral Commission continues today, Saturday, October 23, to study the appeals submitted to it, …

The Committee that prepares for demonstrations against the election results demanded, on Wednesday, to bring the head and members of the Board of the Electoral Commission to trial. In a statement, the Committee confirmed that “the Head and members of the Board of Commissioners should be submitted to the judiciary …

In the weeks leading up to the October 10 parliamentary elections, Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) promised to take steps to ensure people with disabilities could vote. But on election day, videos circulated suggested IHEC’s promises to make polling places accessible, with ballot boxes on the ground floor, went …

Thousands demonstrated in Baghdad, other governorates for the second day in a row against the results of the parliamentary elections. Alghadeer correspondent said that demonstrators gathered in front of the office of the Independent High Electoral Commission in Kirkuk, calling the federal government to cancel the results of the elections …

Thousands of demonstrators stormed the streets north of Baghdad and south of the country, protesting the election results announced by IHEC yesterday. Sources say that the demonstrators are citizens who rejected the election results because of fraud, noting that they blocked the highway linking Baghdad with the northern governorates. The …

Huqooq (Rights) movement and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq movement lambasted the poll’s results announced by the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), warning of escalation if it insists to refrain from the manual recount. In a joint press conference with Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq leader Hasan Salim, the head of the Huqooq movement, …