(MENAFN) A special election process for more than one million members of the armed forces and thousands of internally displaced individuals in Iraq concluded on Sunday evening, prior to the Nov. 11 parliamentary elections, according to the Independent High Electoral Commission.

The commission announced that vote counting commenced immediately after polling stations closed at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT). It confirmed that the final results will be released but did not specify an exact announcement date.

According to the commission, participation among military and security forces reached a rate of 82.52%.

“Turnout was large and unprecedented for a special voting,” said Hassan Salman, the commission’s legal adviser, in remarks cited by a state news agency.

Salman added that the commission’s monitoring teams did not record any irregularities during the procedure. “No interruptions or delays were reported during the vote,” he emphasized.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani extended his congratulations to the security forces for exercising their constitutional rights, commending their engagement in the electoral process as “active and conscientious.”

Over 1.3 million military personnel were eligible to take part in the special election across 809 polling centers, encompassing 4,501 polling stations throughout the nation.

The special voting was organized to ensure that members of the military and security institutions—tasked with safeguarding polling centers on Nov. 11—could also fulfill their constitutional right to vote.

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