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1 Population Estimates and Voter Turnout for Iraq's 18 Provinces (Last Updated 2/25/05) Estimated Population (millions) Area (sq.mi.) # Valid Ballots # Invalid Ballots % Voter Turnout Baghdad Ninawa , Dehuk , ,990 3, Sulaymaniya , ,682 7, Arbil , Tamin , Salah ad Din , Diala , Anbar ,476 3, Babil , Karbala , Najaf , Wasit , Qadisiyah , Dhi Qar , Muthanna , Basrah ,363 71,271 7, Missan , % of Total Population Data on area (sq.mi.) from Data on estimated population from Note: No adjustment was made to the population estimates with respect to recent displacement or immigration. All other data gathered from the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). Spaces are blank where no data is available. EPIC will update the chart as we obtain new information.

2 Provisional Results: Iraqi National Assembly Total 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Kurdistan Alliance List Iraqi List Iraqis Tukman iraq front National Independent Cadres and Elites Nation Union Islamic Group of Kurdistan/Iraq Islamic Action Organization In Iraq/ Central Direction National Democratic Alliance Al Rafideen National List Liberation and Reconciliation Gathering ANBAR 285 Iraqi List Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqis Coalition for Iraqi National Unity Independent Democratic Gathering Iraqi Islamic Party Royal Constitutionality Al Shareef Ali Bin Al Hussein National Democratic Alliance Kurdistan Alliance List Mohamad Abed Awad Al Dlemi 42 BABYLON 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List Nation Union Islamic Action Organization In Iraq/ Central Direction Iraqis National Democratic Alliance National Independent Cadres and Elites Coalition for Iraqi National Unity Democratic Iraqi Gathering Democratic National Coalition 1354

3 BAGHDAD 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List Kurdistan Alliance List National Independent Cadres and Elites Iraqis Nation Union National Democratic Alliance Independent Democratic Gathering Islamic Action Organization In Iraq/ Central Direction Royal Constitutionality Al Shareef Ali Bin Al Hussein 7519 BASRAH 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List Islamic Da'awah Movement Islamic Action Organization In Iraq/ Central Direction Iraqis National Democratic Alliance Nation Union Iraqi Assembly for Democracy National Independent Cadres and Elites Ali Musalam Jarrallah Ali Albaidani 1734 DIYALA 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Kurdistan Alliance List Iraqi List Iraqi Islamic Party Iraqis Nation Union National Democratic Alliance Islamic Da'awah Movement Liberation and Reconciliation Gathering Coalition for Iraqi National Unity 929 DOHUK Ballot no Numele formatiunii politice Ballots 130 Kurdistan Alliance List Al Rafideen National List Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List Malek Abed Al Hussein Ghafuri Hashemite Iraqi Royal Gathering Islamic Group of Kurdistan/Iraq Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party 695

4 127 Iraqi Popular Democratic Coalition Iraq Democratic Current 523 ERBIL Ballot no Numele formatiunii politice Ballots 130 Kurdistan Alliance List Islamic Group of Kurdistan/Iraq Iraqi List Tukman iraq front Hashemite Iraqi Royal Gathering Iraqi Popular Democratic Coalition Nation Union Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party Malek Abed Al Hussein Ghafuri Al Rafideen National List 958 KARBALA 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List Islamic Action Organization In Iraq/ Central Direction Nation Union Iraqis National Democratic Alliance Independent Foratain Party National Independent Cadres and Elites Mohamad Kazem Fairooz Al Hendawi Islamic Da'awah Movement 909 MISSAN 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List National Independent Cadres and Elites National Democratic Alliance Islamic Action Organization In Iraq/ Central Direction Nation Union Ali Musalam Jarrallah Ali Albaidani Islamic Tallea'a Party Islamic Da'awah Movement Iraqi Assembly for Democracy 674 MUTHANNA Ballot no Numele formatiunii politice Ballots 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List Islamic Action Organization In Iraq/ Central Direction Nation Union Iraqis 722

5 258 National Democratic Alliance Coalition for Iraqi National Unity Iraqi Assembly for Democracy Gathering of Democratic Tribes of Iraq National Independent Cadres and Elites 264 NAJAF 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List Islamic Action Organization In Iraq/ Central Direction National Independent Cadres and Elites National Democratic Alliance Nation Union Ali Musalam Jarrallah Ali Albaidani Ibrahim Khalil Saeed Alesawi Dr Iraqis Democratic National Coalition 515 NINEWA Ballot no Entity Ninewa 130 Kurdistan Alliance List Iraqis Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List Al Rafideen National List Al Ezediah Movement for Progressing and Reform Coalition for Iraqi National Unity Tukman iraq front Independent Democratic Gathering Nation Union 1317 Voturi in afara Irakului (OCV) 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Kurdistan Alliance List Iraqi List Al Rafideen National List Nation Union Tukman iraq front Assyrian National Gathering United Islamic Iraqi Failies Kurds Independent Democratic Gathering Iraqis 2315

6 QADISSIY 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List National Independent Cadres and Elites Islamic Action Organization In Iraq/ Central Direction Iraqis Nation Union National Democratic Alliance Independent List Democratic National Coalition Iraqi Assembly for Democracy 655 SALAH AL DIN Ballot no Numele formatiunii politice Ballots 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Kurdistan Alliance List Iraqis Liberation and Reconciliation Gathering National Iraqi Gathering Iraqi List Tukman iraq front Coalition for Iraqi National Unity Nation Union Free Officers and Civilians Movement 1068 SULEIMANYA Ballot no Entity Suleimanya 130 Kurdistan Alliance List Islamic Group of Kurdistan/Iraq Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi Popular Democratic Coalition Iraq Democratic Current Iraqi List Hashemite Iraqi Royal Gathering Malek Abed Al Hussein Ghafuri Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party Islamic Da'awah Movement 953 TAMEEM 130 Kurdistan Alliance List Tukman iraq front Iraqi List Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqis Liberation and Reconciliation Gathering Iraqi Republican Group Islamic Group of Kurdistan/Iraq 2228

7 177 Turkman Nationalist Movement Nation Union 1237 THEQAR 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List National Independent Cadres and Elites Nation Union Islamic Action Organization In Iraq/ Central Direction th of Sha'aban Islamic Movement National Democratic Alliance Iraqis Islamic Tallea'a Party Iraqi Assembly for Democracy 1271 WASSIT 169 Unified Iraq Coalition Iraqi List National Independent Cadres and Elites Nation Union Islamic Action Organization In Iraq/ Central Direction National Democratic Alliance Iraqis Democratic Iraqi Gathering Ali Musalam Jarrallah Ali Albaidani Kurdistan Alliance List 776

8 Seat Allotment: 169 United Iraqi Alliance 140 seats 130 Kurdistan Alliance 75 seats 285 The Iraqi List 40 seats 255 Iraqis 5 seats 175 Turkmen Iraqi Front 3 seats 352 National Independent Cadres and Elites 3 seats 324 Nation Union 2 seats 283 Islamic Group of Kurdisan/Iraq 2 seats 111 Islamic Action Org. in Iraq/Central Direction 2 seats 258 National Democratic Alliance 1 seat 204 Al Rafideen National List 1 seat 311 Liberation and Reconciliation Gathering 1 seat

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