Iraqis vote in first parliamentary election since 2019 mass protests
Iraqis are voting in the first parliamentary elections since mass protests over corruption, unemployment and poor services erupted in 2019./ The poll had been due next year but was brought forward by six months in response to the unrest, during which hundreds of people were killed./ The old electoral system based on party lists has also been replaced with one meant to help independent candidates./ However, the main Shia Muslim blocs are still predicted to win the most seats./ They have dominated parliament since the US-led invasion in 2003, ...
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