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Iraq releases, then withdraws, early Baghdad poll results (Extra)
Mar 13, 2010, 12:16 GMT
Baghdad - Iraq's electoral commission on Saturday released, then quickly withdrew, early results from Baghdad that showed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition leading in the capital.
Al-Sumaria television reported that the electoral commission had said the early results from Baghdad, which will be represented by 68 out of 325 seats in the new parliament, released earlier were 'unofficial' and 'should be discarded.'
Official, preliminary results from Badghad would be released later in the day, officials from Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said.
Iraqi politicians from across the political spectrum have criticised the slow and chaotic process of counting the votes as raising questions about the tally's fairness.
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