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With no clear majority, formation of next government will require intensive deal-making among strongest blocs.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has emerged as winner in Iraq\u2019s parliamentary election, according to electoral authorities.<\/p>\n The Independent High Electoral Commission said on Wednesday that al-Sudani\u2019s Reconstruction and Change coalition received 1.3 million votes in Tuesday\u2019s election, about 370,000 more than the next closest competitor.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Speaking after the initial results were announced, al-Sudani hailed the voter turnout of 56 percent, saying it was \u201cclear evidence of another success\u201d that reflected the \u201crestoration of confidence in the political system\u201d.<\/p>\n However, while al-Sudani, who first came to power in 2022, had cast himself as a leader who could turn around Iraq\u2019s fortunes after decades of instability, the poll was marked by disillusionment among weary voters who saw it as a vehicle for established parties to divide Iraq\u2019s oil wealth.<\/p>\n Turnout was lower in areas like Baghdad and Najaf after populist Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement, called on his vast numbers of supporters to boycott the \u201cflawed election\u201d.<\/p>\n As expected, Shia candidates won seats in Shia-majority provinces, while Sunni candidates secured victories in Sunni-majority provinces and Kurdish candidates prevailed in Kurdish-majority provinces.<\/p>\n But there were some surprises, notably in Nineveh, a predominantly Sunni Arab province, where the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) secured the highest number of seats.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, in Diyala province, which has a significant Kurdish minority, no Kurdish candidates won seats for the first time since 2005.<\/p>\n No party can form a government on its own in Iraq\u2019s 329-member legislature, so parties build alliances with other groups to become an administration, a fraught process that often takes many months.<\/p>\n Back in 2021, al-Sadr secured the largest bloc before withdrawing from parliament following a dispute with Shia parties that refused to support his bid to form a government.<\/p>\n \u201cNone of the political factions or movements over the past 20 years have been able to gain a total majority \u2026 that allows one bloc to choose a prime minister, so at the end, this is going to lead to rounds of negotiations and bargaining among political factions,\u201d said Al Jazeera\u2019s Ali Hashem, reporting from Baghdad.<\/p>\n The poll marked the sixth election held in Iraq since a United States-led invasion in 2003 toppled longtime ruler Saddam Hussein and unleashed a sectarian civil war, the emergence of the ISIL (ISIS) group and the general collapse of infrastructure in the country.<\/p>\n The next premier must answer to Iraqis seeking jobs and improved education and health systems in a country plagued by corruption and mismanagement.<\/p>\n He will also have to maintain the delicate balance between Iraq\u2019s allies, Iran and the US, a task made all the more delicate by recent seismic changes in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n With no clear majority, formation of next government will require intensive deal-making among strongest blocs. 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