Turnout under 24% by midday in Iraq’s 2025 parliamentary elections, electoral commission reports

BAGHDAD – Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission said Tuesday that voter turnout in the 2025 parliamentary elections reached 23.9% by midday, with 4,795,685 ballots cast out of 20,063,773 registered voters.

In its mid-day report, the commission said Salah Al-Din recorded the highest turnout at 31.57%, followed by Nineveh at 30.67% and Anbar at 30.51%. Maysan registered the lowest participation rate, with only 16.63% of voters casting ballots.

The Iraqi electoral commission measures turnout as a proportion of registered voters who have submitted biometrics and have been issued a voting card, not eligible voters overall. While turnout stood at 23.9% of registered voters, the total number of eligible voters nationwide is estimated at more than 29 million. Based on that broader figure, the 4,795,685 voters who had cast their ballots by midday represented roughly 16.5% of all eligible voters.

Other turnout figures included Erbil at 28.93%, Kirkuk at 28.85%, Duhok at 27.36%, and Sulaymaniyah at 24.88%. Diyala reported 24.29%, Baghdad–Karkh 23.04%, and Basra 22.21%. Babil stood at 22.02%, Dhi Qar at 21.90%, Muthanna at 21.45%, and Wasit at 20.02%. Lower participation rates were also recorded in Diwaniyah at 19.98%, Karbala at 19.53%, Baghdad–Rusafa at 18.20%, and Najaf at 18.16%.

The commission said the figures reflect partial results from the first half of the voting day and that final turnout will be announced after polls close and all votes are tallied.