+21M Iraqis update voter data ahead of elections
2025-06-05 08:40
Shafaq News/ Over 21 million Iraqi citizens have updated their voter information ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced on Thursday.
According to a document released by the Commission, 21,147,292 Iraqis had updated their biometric data between March 25 and June 4.
Baghdad topped the list with nearly 3.5 million updates across its
al-Karkh and al-Rusafa districts, followed by Nineveh with more than 2 million.
Voter registration and biometric data updates will continue until June 15 in preparation for the November 11 parliamentary elections, with over 29 million Iraqis eligible to vote.
