Posted on 10/16/2005 3:26:41 PM PDT by jmc1969
Initial results from Iraq's constitutional referendum, as reported by election officials in each province. The figures are from the first tallies done by each province's counting centers, which must be sent to Baghdad for another check and compilation. The final official figures, likely to be announced no sooner than Tuesday, may differ.
The names of each province is followed by its capital in parentheses. No information was available from Baghdad province; the southern province of Babil; the northern Kurdish provinces of Dahuk, Suleimaniyah and Irbil; and the central province of Salahuddin.
In some cases, elections officials gave only rounded figures.
West-Central Iraq:
ANBAR (Ramadi):
Figures only from the area of the city of Fallujah. Turnout in other parts of Anbar province believed to be minimal, and results not known.
- Yes: 3 percent.
- No: 97 percent.
- Votes counted: All 100,000 votes from Fallujah counted. (Turnout of 77 percent in Fallujah. )
DIYALA (Baqouba)
- Yes: 280,000 (70 percent)
- No: 80,000 (20 percent)
- Disqualified votes: 40,000 (10 percent)
- Votes counted: All 400,000 votes counted. (57 percent turnout)
NINEVAH (Mosul)
- Yes: 326,774, (78 percent)
- No: 90,065, (21 percent)
- Disqualified votes: 2,965 (less than 1 percent)
- Votes counted: 419,804 votes, from 475 of the 500 polling stations counted so far. (Turnout percentage unknown.)
TAMIM (Kirkuk)
- Yes: 341,611 (63 percent)
- No: 195,725 (36 percent)
- Disqualified votes: 5,420 (1 percent)
- Votes counted: All 542,000 votes counted. (78 percent turnout).
Southern Iraq:
BASRA (Basra)
- Yes: 640,200. (97 percent)
- No: 19,800. (3 percent)
- Votes counted: All 660,000 votes counted. (64 percent turnout).
DHI QAR (Nasiriyah)
- Yes: 415,000 (90 percent)
- No: 46,000 (10 percent)
- All 461,000 votes counted. (54 percent turnout)
KARBALA (Karbala)
- Yes: 417,715 (95 percent).
- No: 21,985 (5 percent).
- Votes counted: All 439,700 votes counted. (60 percent turnout.)
WASIT (Kut)
- Yes: 494,950. (95 percent)
- No: 26,050. (5 percent)
- All 521,000 votes counted.(54 percent turnout).
Four southern provinces where only the turnout was known, as reported by Carina Perelli, the U.N. elections chief:
NAJAF (Najaf): 56 percent.
MUTHANNA (Samawah): 58 percent turnout
MAYSAN (Amarah): 57 percent turnout
QADISIYAH Diwaniyah): 56 percent turnout.
I take it Fallujah doesn't want to be part of the new Iraq. Shall we grant their request, maybe with a few well-placed MOABs?
Is there a live thread or will updates come here?
I think they already voted last year when they strung up the contractors.
I'm not up on which of the provinces are most likely to defeat the measure. Obviously Anbar and Baghdad are the first two. Is Salahuddin the third? Or is it Tamim?
As I understand it, if it's Tamim, then the "yes" vote reported there is huge.
Yes, it was Salahuddin (sp?) and does not appear to be listed here, but reports were that it also met the 2/3s rejection threshold like Anbar.
I want al-jazeera to report these figures.
Most Arab elections end up with the winner (and incumbant) getting 99.99% of the vote, with a 99.99% turnout.
In Iraq, you are actually allowed to say "NO!" to what the government wants.
That's great!
Das-hell is going to be very dissapointed, Gore is going to sue for recount, Schum-er is going to ban the guns...
God bless Iraqi people, may they cleanup their country from the terrorist scum.
GREAT NEWS!
Voters in Falluja said they would continue supporting the insurrection. "The resistance will go on," said Hamid Jassim, 60, queueing to vote at al-Khansa primary school. Those within earshot nodded vigorously. "God willing it will go on," they said.
Amir Ismael, 45, a former army colonel, said the ballot box was a complement, not a substitute, for armed revolt. "The resistance is legitimate."
http://tinylink.com/?0xTWcUxwE1
Meanwhile, in other news, flocks of democrat lawyers jockeyed for plane tickets to Baghdad this afternoon. They are committed to righting the wrong done to the disenfranchised Sunnis in this flawed election. Many Sunnis claim they were confused by the butterfly ballot they were forced to use. They now feel they may have inadvertently voted for Pat Buchanan. What was the REAL intent of the voter? Democrat lawyers and strategists lead by Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton swear they will divine the real intent of the Sunnis once all hanging chads are counted.
Look for Ramadi to be reduced shortly.
LOL! Al Gore is deeply saddened.
Salahuddin is the province containing Tikrit. Considering how much Saddam Hussein did for Tikrit, I would expect them to vote no.
And God bless all the American and other coalition troops who made this great news possible.
Interesting that in Anbar (Fallujah and Ramadi and I believe Tikrit) the answer is No. Yet they are cooperating. There is still a heavy Baathist population there.
At least a 54% turnout!
OUTSTANDING ! ! !
Ah, that's the 4th province. Tikrit will go No, but then it's only 2 provinces and not the 3 required to overturn the referendum. It's going to take some real nice talking in order to bring the Sunni in those two provinces into the system.
I hear Al Gore is asking for a recount in Tamim Province.
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