8 Million votes - Iraq Election Results: Seat Allocations in National Assembly

Based on the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq's Rules and Regulations No. 17 'Seat Allocation', today's results would see the National Assembly seats distributed as follows:

List Name -List Number/Number of Votes/Seats Won

Islamic Labor Movement in Iraq - 111/43,205/2. The Kurdistan Alliance -130/2,175,551/75. The United Iraqi Alliance -169/4,075,295/140. The Turkomen Iraqi Front - 175/93,480/3. Assyrian Christians - 204/36,255/1. Iraqis - 255/150,680/5. The National Democratic Alliance - 258/ 36,795/1. The Islamic Kurdish Society - 283/60,592/2. The Iraqi List - 285/1,168,943/40. Reconciliation/Liberation Entity - 311/30,796/1. The Communist Party - 324/69.920/2. National Independent Elites and Cadres Party - 352/69,938/3.

TOTAL - 8,011,450/275

Basic Explanation

Seat allocations for Iraq's 275-member National Assembly are calculated as follows:
• The total number of valid votes cast (8,456,266) is divided by 275 to give an initial quota of 30,750.
• Any list which has less votes than the initial quota is excluded. All those that have as many votes of more than the initial quota are filtered out.
• A new total votes is calculated based on the total number of votes cast to the filtered out lists (8,011,450).
• A seat quota is then calculated by dividing the new total by 275, which is 29,132.55.
• The number of votes a filtered party received is divided by the seat quota to give the total number of seats. Remainders are dealt with by giving an extra seat to each list in order of highest remainder until all 275 seats are allocated.

With thanks to the Iraqi Prospect Organisation, a network of young Iraq men and women working to promote democracy in Iraq.http://www.iprospect.org.uk