The Iraqi Supreme Board of Elections has declared not valid elections in many regions. A decision which will affect especially the results in Başur Kurdistan.

Despite this, however, the mainstream Kurdish forces went to Baghdad to take part in the government to be established.

Nearly a month passed since the 12 May Iraqi parliamentary elections. As a result of accusations of fraud and irregularities, however, the results in many centres were not recognised by the Iraqi Supreme Electoral Council.

The Iraqi Independent Supreme Electoral Commission said serious complaints were received from party representatives in Bashur (southern) Kurdistan. 

The commission said that, in particular, complaints referred to 7 voting centers in Erbil, 51 in Anbar, 17 in Baghdad, 11 in Saladin, and 16 in Ninova. 

The Commission announced that it had confirmed to declare invalid the voting in many polling stations abroad and in refugees camps.

In the statement the Commission also confirmed to have declared invalid votes of 73 ballot boxes in Arbil, 50 in Enbar, 96 in Sulaymaniyah, 6 in Baghdad, 224 in Duhok, 2 in Diyala, 36 in Salahaddin, 179 in Ninova, 195 in Mosul.

Cancellation may not be limited to this. Because now the votes will be counted by hand, and if 25 percent results to be fraudulent, then the whole elections in the country may be canceled, as the canceled territories correspond to a ten percent of voters.

The first reaction to the cancellation came from the KDP. 

KDP spokesman Mahmoud Muhammad said they did not accept cancellation. This clearly depends on the fact that the KDP will be one of the party most affected by the cancellation. 

Indeed, as it turned out, the vast majority of the votes declared invalid and requested to be counted by hand again, were votes to the KDP. 

The fact that the cancellation order affect territories like Ninova and Duhok, as well as votes abroad put the KDP in a bad light, as it is there where it gets more votes. 

In Duhok, 217 of the 224 polling boxes which have to be recounted by hands were locate in refugee camps. 

The KDP, as a result of the vote returned from these camps, announced it had got six deputies in Mosul.

The fact that the KDP got so many deputies in this region has cast some doubts on the regularity of the vote. 

The PUK on the other hand will be affected in the votes are declared invalid in Kirkuk.

Shortly after the elections, despite the Commission’ decision to declare invalid many votes, the traditional parties from Bashur Kurdistan went to Baghdad to see if they could get their share of power in the central government to be formed. 

The KDP visited Baghdad with a delegation headed by Fazil Mirani. In Baghdad, Moqtada al-Sadr, who won the elections with his coalition with the Communist Party has been having talks with the other parties and coalitions to see whether he could form a stable government.