国际英语资讯:44.5 pct of Iraqi eligible voters turn out for parliamentary election
<p><span word="BAGHDAD">BAGHDAD</span>, <span word="May">May</span> 12-- <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Independent">Independent</span> <span word="Electoral">Electoral</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> (<span word="IHEC">IHEC</span>) <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="turnout">turnout</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="parliamentary">parliamentary</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> 44.5 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="votes">votes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="over">over</span> 4,000 <span word="polling">polling</span> <span word="stations">stations</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="uncounted">uncounted</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="voters">voters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> 10,840,989 <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 24 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="eligible">eligible</span> <span word="voters">voters</span>," <span word="Ryadh">Ryadh</span> <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Badran">Badran</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="IHEC">IHEC</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="official">official</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="Baghdad">Baghdad</span>.</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="votes">votes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="about">about</span> 4,321 <span word="polling">polling</span> <span word="stations">stations</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="uncounted">uncounted</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="turnout">turnout</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="rise">rise</span>, <span word="Badran">Badran</span> <span word="noted">noted</span>.</p><p><span word="Millions">Millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Iraqis">Iraqis</span> <span word="headed">headed</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="to">to</span> 8,959 <span word="polling">polling</span> <span word="centers">centers</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="parliamentary">parliamentary</span> <span word="representatives">representatives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="general">general</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="historic">historic</span> <span word="victory">victory</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="State">State</span> (<span word="IS">IS</span>) <span word="group">group</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="December">December</span>.</p>
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