WATCH | Iraqis celebrate preliminary election results: Supporters of Iraq's Sadr rejoice in streets after preliminary vote win 0:42 Iraqis celebrated in Baghdad's Tahrir Square after Shia cleric and Sadrist movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr appeared poised to win the national election. Iraqi supporters of Sadr's movement celebrate after preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary elections were announced in Najaf on Monday. Sunni parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi's Taqaddum coalition won 38 seats, Iraq's state news agency reported, making it the second largest in parliament. Sadr has increased his power over the Iraqi state since coming first in the 2018 election, when his coalition won 54 seats. Iraq has held five parliamentary elections, all won by coalitions dominated by the Shia majority, since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Source: CBC News October 11, 2021 15:26 UTC