Turnout High in Iraq Election, Tallies Under Way
Reuters
Election workers count ballots in Basra following Iraq's national election, Jan. 30, 2005.
Turnout is high in Iraq's landmark elections Sunday, especially in the Kurdish north and Shiite south; but far fewer Sunnis went to the polls. Credible results will not be available for several days. Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, told a Baghdad news conference Monday that he will work to make sure that the voice of all Iraqis is represented in the new government.
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