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To: tejek who wrote (219160)	2/15/2005 12:59:47 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574789

>Secondly, the Kurds make up 15-20% of the population but got 25% of the vote whereas the Shias make up 60-65% and only got 48%. That would suggest Shia turnout was rather dismal. Or that the Kurdish turnout was very high, which it appears to be. And the reason for that is because 10 out of every 11 Kurds (according to a poll) believe that the election will bring them closer to independence. -Z

To: tejek who wrote (219160)	2/21/2005 7:06:02 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574789

I don't get the results of this election. First, the election breaks out this way: the Shias got 48% of the total votes, the Kurds 25% of the total and the Saddam Sunnis 13.8%. That's 78% of the total votes. Where's the remaining 22%? Well there are the Turkmen but I think they combined with any smaller minorities only make up 3 or 4% of the population so there must be an error there somewhere. Hmm one error is yours. 48% + 25% + 13.8% = 86.8% not 78%. Add in the other minorities and you get something like 90% but still something is missing. I imagine one of your vote total % is in error. I got it the 48% figure is NOT the total for the Shia vote. Its the total for the largest Shia party (or technically alliance of parties). I think the 2nd largest Shia party got something like 10% of the vote. The Kurd vote if probably also the % for the Kurd alliance but they got most of the Kurdish vote so there is not much difference there. Tim