The results may be disappointing to Iraqi politicians, but it is a positive sign for the process. To form a government, they must work together to form a governing coalition, and the results show that there is no king maker.
Here is what we know about the requirements and about the results: available seats 329, post-election
coalition with 165 seats or more will be tasked by the president to form a
government. The final results are as follows:
Ranking
|
Political group
|
Number of Seats
|
1
|
Sa’iroun (Tahaluf, Sadr)
|
54 * *
|
2
|
Al-Fath (Tahaluf, Amiri)
|
47 * *
|
3
|
Al-Nasr (Itilaf, Abadi)
|
42 * * *
|
4
|
Dawlat al-Qanun (Itilaf, Maliki)
|
26 * *
|
5
|
Hizb Dimuqrati Kurdistani
|
25 * *
|
6
|
Al-Wataniya (Itilaf, Allawi)
|
21 *
|
7
|
Al-Hikma (Tayyar, al-Hakim)
|
20 * * *
|
|
Other smaller parties
|
94 *5, *3
|
|
Total
|
329
|
The block with the largest number of seats is not guaranteed
constitutional right to form the government, unless the block secures 165
seats. Like last round of elections, no single pre-election coalition had
secured a majority. Now leaders of the various coalitions must enter into
negotiations to form post-elections super-coalitions that consists of at least
165 seats. Since Sadr seems to have a veto on Amiri and Maliki, he must be
prepared to accommodate all the other major pre-elections coalitions to form
the governing coalition (see green * asterisks). The winner of the second largest
number of seats, Amiri’s, has almost a similar path to forming the governing
coalition (See red * asterisks).
It must be noted that, Shia led pre-elections coalitions can form a government on
their own with 189 seats (See *).
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