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Iraq announced on Tuesday the results of the provincial council elections after counting 90 percent of the ballots. The Taqadum party of ousted parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi won the most votes in the capital Baghdad. The State of Law coalition of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki came second. Some 6 million Iraqis out of 23 million eligible voters took part in the elections.
Iran-backed Shia parties, including Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law Coalition and Hadi Amiri's "We Build Coalition", emerged victorious in several provinces.
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