Final Iraq poll vote tally due Sunday
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-02-13 08:50

The final vote tally from Iraq's Jan. 30 elections will be announced at 4 p.m. (8 a.m. EST) on Sunday, the Election Commission said.

Iraq's Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi (L) walks in front of Kurdish military General Bahram in the Kurdish capital of Suleimaniya, northern Iraq, February 12, 2005. The final vote tally from Iraq's Jan. 30 elections will be announced on Sunday, the Election Commission said. Allawi traveled to northern Iraq on Saturday to meet Jalal Talabani, leader of one of two main Kurdish parties, in the hope of striking a deal with the powerful Kurdish bloc. [Reuters]

The final vote tally had been expected earlier in the week but was delayed while ballot boxes were checked for signs of tampering.

Partial results so far show an alliance of mainly Shi'ite Islamist groups far in the lead, as expected, with a coalition of the two main Kurdish parties second and a bloc led by interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi third.

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