Reuters: Iraq Recount Fails To Overturn Allawi Election Win
A cross-sectarian
coalition led by secularist former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi held its
two-seat win in Iraq's March 7 election after a recount of votes cast in
Baghdad, elections officials said Sunday.
But the poll victory of Allawi's Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, confirmed by an 11-day manual recount of 2.5 million votes cast in the Iraqi capital, stood on shaky ground as Iraq's two major Shi'ite coalitions have already announced an alliance to form the largest bloc in parliament.
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But the poll victory of Allawi's Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, confirmed by an 11-day manual recount of 2.5 million votes cast in the Iraqi capital, stood on shaky ground as Iraq's two major Shi'ite coalitions have already announced an alliance to form the largest bloc in parliament.
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