(MENAFN) Vote counting started in Iraq on Tuesday after polling stations closed across the nation for the parliamentary elections.

According to a statement from the Independent High Election Commission, a total of 10,898,327 citizens participated in Tuesday’s vote, marking a voter participation rate surpassing 54% of those eligible.

The commission also reported that 1,084,289 members of the military and security forces took part in the special voting held on Sunday, registering a turnout of 82.5%.

Additionally, 20,527 internally displaced individuals voted out of 26,538 registered, representing a participation rate of 77%.

Altogether, 12,003,143 Iraqis cast their votes in the parliamentary elections out of 21,404,291 eligible participants, bringing the nationwide turnout to over 55%, as stated by the commission.

The election results are expected to be revealed within 24 hours of the vote, with the final confirmation taking place after the review of any appeals.

Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) and closed at 6 p.m. (1500 GMT) without any extensions being granted.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expressed that his administration had efficiently managed the parliamentary elections.

“Once again, our great Iraqi people…have taken a remarkable step forward toward greater stability and progress,” al-Sudani wrote on the US social media platform X.

He referred to the elections as the reinforcement of a “democratic system that embodies (the Iraqi people’s) free constitutional will and their determination to continue building the state and consolidating its institutions.”

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