90% turnout in Iraq’s special voting- IHEC

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The head of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) on Wednesday revealed a 90 percent turnout in the special voting process that took place earlier today across the country. “Initial reports received by the commission showed a 21 percent turnout in Basra, 49 percent in Missan, 55 percent in Qadissiya, 50 percent in Najaf and 27 percent in Baghdad’s side of al-Karkh,” Faraj al-Haydari said in a press conference held at the Baghdad-based al-Rasheed Hotel. “Voters from the ministries of interior and defense, hospital inmates, prisoners and detainees cast their votes today in 347 polling centers, which encompassed 1,699 stations,” he added. Haydari said that no violations have been reported in electoral centers. SS (P)/SR 1