5000 displaced families to Kirkuk to take part in elections

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: More than 5000 displaced families from other provinces to Kirkuk will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, the director of the emigrants and displaced peoples office said on Tuesday. “The number of families which have ration cards from other provinces reach more than 5000 families and have presented their members’ names to the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) office in Kirkuk and we determined ten electoral stations for them, six in the province and four in the districts and regions,” Abdullah Fadel Abdullah told IraqiNews.com news agency. The number of emigrants and displaced persons in emigrants department reach between 8000-8500 families came from Baghdad, Diala and Ninewa after the bombing of the two shrines in Samarra, while the number of those who returned to their places, according to Kirkuk emigrants and immigration is around 3000 families. Kirkuk is 250 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1