Shi'ites make up 60 percent of Iraqs population and couldn't get a majority

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL045026.htm

Iraq vote results give Shi'ites close to majority
20 Jan 2006 12:36:48 GMT

Source: Reuters

(Updates with background)

BAGHDAD, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Final results of Iraq's Dec. 15 election gave the Shi'ite Islamist Alliance 128 seats, 10 short of a majority in the 275-seat chamber, an Electoral Commission official told a news conference on Friday.

The results, in line with expectations and earlier counts, gave the Kurdish bloc 53 seats and former prime minister Iyad Allawi's secular list 25, with two main Sunni Arab groups, the Accordance Front and the National Dialogue Front, securing 44 and 11 places respectively, Safwat Rasheed said.

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1. Bushco's counting the votes...

Need I say more?

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2. It be like the USA being 60% Democrats and be unable to win an election nt

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3. Kind of like when progressives split their votes

because they don't totally agree with the democratic nominee or platform. I suspect some Shia don't want a religious goverment and chose some of the smaller parties including a secular one which got quite a few votes.