Approx. 1,600,000 Ballots cast: Approx. 650,000 Candidates: 656 Contested seats: 35 Council seats (1 seat reserved for Christian quota) Political entities: 25 (party and alliance) In the first elections since the withdrawal of U.S. forces, the Iraqi Independent Electoral Commission (IHEC) confirmed that 6,400,777 voters cast their votes. 2018 parliamentary election 2021 Iraqi parliamentary election See also Assyrian elections in Iraq History of Iraq Electoral calendar Electoral system 2010 Iraqi Status of Forces Agreement referendum References External links Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission Op-Ed by former Iraqi Premier Ayad Allawi on Iraqi electoral reform Adam Carr's Election Archive UN rules out Iraqi election rerun UN-led team finds Iraq election credible Iraq's Electoral system is a part of the problem says Regional Expert Provincial Elections in Iraq: Blow to Confessionalism (Qantara.de) Global Justice Project: Iraq Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit