We should hear the election results in about 90 minutes, 7:00 pm baghdad time.
I hope it won't be a 91:91 tie between Allawi and Maliki as some calculations and predictions are showing--such result would be bad for post-eelction negotiations and could seriously complictae cabinet formation. I will try to share some analysis later.
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30 minutes after 7:00pm...
Now they say the election commissioners are in a meeting!
Looks like there will be some delay.
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Another 30 minutes...
Ok, the election commission press conference begins!
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The guy is giving a speech...seriously!?
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By the way, the press conference can be viewed live here, but it's in Arabic.
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Nice, another speech! This time it's the UN guy.
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Ok, at least he's saying there were no evidence of major fraud and that the results ought to be accepted by all.
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Yet another speech! (just give me the damn results)
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They're talking too much. I sense they have bad news for Maliki.
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Finally. They are reading the results, slowly. Will take a while to go through all of them.
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Allawi got two seats in Diwaniyah. This may actually be decisive .
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And Allawi got another 2 in Wassit. I guess he's getting close.
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At the final count:
Allawi: 89
Maliki: 87
Hakim+Sadr: 68
PUK+KDP: 42
Tawafok: 6
Change (Goran): 8
Bolani: 4
Islamic Union (Kurdish): 4
Islamic Group (Kurdish): 2
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Adding the 7 compensatory seats, the final picture looks like this:
Allawi: 89+2=91
Maliki: 87+2=89
Hakim+Sadr: 68+2=70
PUK+KDP: 42+1=43
Change (Goran): 8
Tawafok (Accord): 6
Iraq Unity (Bolani): 4
Islamic Union (Kurdish): 4
Islamic Group (Kurdish): 2
Minorities: 8
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Total: 325
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