Election workers begin counting ballots after polls closed at 6 p.m. in Iraq’s 2025 parliamentary elections.
IHEC says all election appeals sent to judiciary for final review
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission said Monday it has finished processing all appeals against the Nov. 11 parliamentary election results and handed them to the judicial panel tasked with issuing final rulings.
Emad Jameel, head of IHEC’s media team, said sending the full results to the Federal Supreme Court “will take place after the judicial panel finishes reviewing all appeals.” He said the commission has “completed all appeals and submitted its recommendations,” and that the file is now fully with the judiciary.
Jameel noted that the judicial panel is not bound by a fixed timeline while it is still examining appeals.
“Some appeals include technical or legal procedures that require returning them to the commission for clarification or for completing the required technical steps,” he said, adding that the panel will be bound by the 10-day legal deadline only after receiving the final, fully processed appeal from IHEC.
He said the judicial body “continues its work,” and that several appeals which were sent back to the commission have since had their recommended dismissals approved.
On Sunday, IHEC spokesperson Jumana al-Ghalai said 207 appeals had been rejected so far out of 872 challenges submitted. The commission confirmed last week that turnout exceeded 56 percent and published the distribution of all 329 seats across Iraq’s 18 electoral constituencies.
Under Iraq’s electoral procedure, the judicial panel must complete all rulings on appeals before sending the results to the Federal Supreme Court for ratification, the final step before the new parliament convenes.