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Iraqis start voting in first election since IS defeat

Reuters . Baghdad, Iraq
An employee from Iraq`s Independent High Electoral Commission casts her vote at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq on 12 May 2018. Reuters
An employee from Iraq`s Independent High Electoral Commission casts her vote at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq on 12 May 2018. Reuters

Iraqis started voting on Saturday in the first parliamentary election since defeating Islamic State, state television reported.

More than 7,000 candidates in 18 provinces, or governorates, are running this year for 329 parliamentary seats.

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