Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project

From the Assyrian International News Agency (March 27, 201o):

Baghdad (AINA) — The Iraqi High Electoral Commission (IHEC) issued today the official results of Iraq’s March 7 Parliamentary elections. Ayad Allawi won 91 seats, followed closely by Maliki with 89 seats. Prime Minister Maliki has contested the result and called for a recount. The Sadr affiliated Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq won 70 seats. The largest Kurdish party won 43 seats.

The Rafidain party, an Assyrian Christian party backed by the Assyrian Democratic Movement, won 3 seats, while the Kurdish backed Christian party, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac, won 2.