Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission spokesperson Jumana Al-Ghalai
Electoral Commission refers all result appeals to judiciary for final rulings
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission announced on Thursday that it has submitted all appeals regarding the Nov. 11 parliamentary election results to the Judicial Commission for Elections.
“All appeals concerning the results have been referred to the Judicial Commission for Elections,” commission spokesperson Jumana Al-Ghalai told the state-owned Al-Sabah newspaper.
The number of total electoral appeals is 872. The judicial committee is responsible for review and decisions.
Al-Ghalai told the Iraqi News Agency that under Law No. 31 of 2019, IHEC has seven working days to prepare answers for the judicial panel reviewing the appeals. She added that the judicial panel then has 10 working days to issue rulings on the submitted challenges.
Once all appeals are resolved, Ghalai said, the judicial panel will send the final results to the Federal Supreme Court for ratification.
The IHEC released the final election results last week, confirming turnout above 56 percent and publishing the distribution of all 329 parliamentary seats across the country’s 18 governorates.