Iraqis cast their ballots in parliamentary elections to choose a new 329-member legislature. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani seeks a second term in an exercise that a growing young electorate increasingly views as a vehicle for established parties to divide up the Middle East nation's oil wealth. Elections in Iraq are increasingly marked by low turnout. Many voters have lost faith in a system which has failed to break a pattern of state capture by powerful parties with armed loyalists, while ordinary Iraqis complain of endemic corruption, poor services and unemployment. #Iraq #Elections #Politics #Democracy #Voting #MiddleEast #Parliament #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/
LIVE: Iraqis cast their vote in parliamentary elections
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Iraqis cast their ballots in parliamentary elections to choose a new 329-member legislature. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani seeks a second term in an exercise that a growing young electorate increasingly views as a vehicle for established parties to divide up the Middle East nation's oil wealth. Elections in Iraq are increasingly marked by low turnout. Many voters have lost faith in a system which has failed to break a pattern of state capture by powerful parties with armed loyalists, while ordinary Iraqis complain of endemic corruption, poor services and unemployment. #Iraq #Elections #Politics #Democracy #Voting #MiddleEast #Parliament #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/
