BAGHDAD: Turnout hit a record low for parliamentary elections in war-scarred Iraq, early figures showed on Monday amid widespread disillusionment about a political elite seen as inept and corrupt.
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ride in vehicles while celebrating in the central shrine city of Najaf after the closure of polls during the early parliamentary elections on October 10, 2021. Turnout was low for parliamentary elections in war-scarred Iraq, early data showed, amid widespread disillusionment about a political elite seen as inept and corrupt. October 10's vote was moved forward from next year as a concession to an anti-government protest movement that has demanded deep reforms in the oil-rich yet poverty-stricken country. AFP PHOTO
BAGHDAD: Turnout hit a record low for parliamentary elections in war-scarred Iraq, early figures showed on Monday amid widespread disillusionment about a political elite seen as inept and corrupt.