The Iraqi Council of Ministers decided to delay indefinitely the provincial council elections which were set to take place April 2020.

An integrity court in Kirkuk has issued an arrest warrant for Rakan Saeed al-Jabouri, the acting governor of Kirkuk, on financial corruption charges.

Amid calls for abolishing provincial councils in Iraq, provincial elections have been delayed for the second time. The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), which sets up the mechanisms for the elections, was frozen up until two weeks ago.

The Independent High Electoral Commission said the results of the recount matched the initial results from 13 of Iraq’s 18 provinces.

In the midst of intensive negotiations by the winning parties in the elections to form a new government in Iraq, the Independent High Electoral Commission has completed the process of manual counting, without expecting a significant change in the results.

Officials in The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) have stated that the results of the manual recount show that no fraud has taken place in over 85 ballots boxes recounted in Qadisiya Province, in Southern Iraq.

A government has not yet been fully formed in Iraq due to the ambiguities and accusations of fraud that have arisen from the voting irregularities and violations during the elections on 12th May.

The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) have rejected the Iraqi Parliament's request for a manual recount of 10% of the votes and the rejecting of IDP and expat votes. IHEC officials stated that only the Iraqi Supreme Federal Court has the power to cancel results. 

Displaced families from Yathrib, an area formerly under IS siege in the Salahuddin province say they were cheated, threatened and manipulated during this month's Iraqi Parliamentary election.

With no overall majority in the 2018 Iraq elections, parties are negotiating on alliances that will help them to pass the threshold for a clear mandate in Parliament. All parties have shown interest in allying themselves with, Sa'iroun, the party with the most seats, led by cleric Muqtada al Sadr.

The United Nation's (UN) Special Representative for Iraq calls on Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq (IHEC) to investigate the complaints regarding voting fraud notably in Kirkuk province.

The outcome of the 2018 Iraq elections suggests Iraqis want to move towards civic-based politics that encompass people regardless of their background and sect, writes Mohammed Al-Jumaily.

Onlookers congratulate the security forces for conducting the Iraqi elections with no major security issues

The Iraqi parliamentary elections which were held on the 12th of May 2018, resulted in the rise of many interesting parties and coalitions, mainly the Sa'iroun Alliance headed by Muqtada al-Sadr.

The number of security troops allowed to take part in the special vote is 943,639.While the main polling takes place on 12 May, the “special voting” for servicemen from various branches of the military and security forces, takes place two days earlier.

On May 12th, Iraqis will go to the polls to vote in the parliamentary elections. In Iraq's western Anbar Province, people are especially eager to participate and vote for change