伊拉克什葉派薩德爾派在選舉中領先
Hundreds of supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets of Baghdad Sunday night, celebrating the announcement of partial results of Iraq's parliamentary elections.
Iraq's electoral commission announced that al-Sadr is the current front-runner in national elections, with official results from just over half of the country's provinces.
Al-Sadr did not run for elections, but he holds sway over a coalition ticket that won by a large margin in the capital Baghdad.
An alliance of candidates with close ties to Iraq's powerful Shiite paramilitary groups came in a close second.
Al-Sadr's victory would be a significant blow to the re-election campaign of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
If the results hold, al-Sadr, a strident critic of the United States, could have a major say in who is Iraq's next leader.
The electoral commission said that results of the election to fill the country's 329-seat parliament are expected within two days.數以百計的什葉派神職人員薩德爾的支持者星期天晚上走上街頭，慶祝伊拉克議會選舉部分結果的宣佈。
伊拉克選舉委員會宣佈，受薩德爾影響的聯盟目前在全國投票中領先。伊拉克超過一半省份正式公佈了投票結果。
薩德爾沒有直接參選，但是對在巴格達以絕對多數取勝的聯盟有重大影響。
一個與伊拉克勢力強大的什葉派準軍事武裝關係密切的聯盟名列第二，但落後幅度不大。
薩德爾的勝利將是對競選連任的阿巴迪總理的沉重打擊。
如果最終的投票結果沒有變化，對美國持強烈批評態度的薩德爾將能在很大程度上決定誰擔任下一屆伊拉克領導人。
選舉委員會說，伊拉克議會329個席位的選舉結果將在兩天後公佈。
