Prime Minister Iraq Nuri al-Maliki leading in nine provinces of the total 18 provinces based on the calculation result as the general election past weekend.

State Law Alliance (SLA) led by Mr Maliki able to achieve great support in the Shia areas. Meanwhile, the main opponent Maliki, Iyad Allawi, leading in Sunni areas.

The results of this calculation as an unofficial but information obtained by Iraqi officials. The results of the final count will be announced officially until the end of the fastest-March.
After that took many months for all political parties to form a new government. Maliki has been selected as prime minister of Iraq in 2005.

He was regarded as a compromise candidate and his administration had the support of the U.S. military. Maliki be able to reduce the sectarian violence that Sunni-Shia have been killed tens of thousands of people.

Sunni participation in elections Sunday (7 / 3) very large. This condition is different from 2005 when the Sunni election boycott the elections to protest the rise of Shia majority in Iraq’s Government.

Electoral commission officials explained, voter turnout exceeded 60 percent. That means, most Iraqis are not affected by the threat of Al Qaeda that will kill people who follow the election. In fact, voter turnout exceeded 70 percent in Arbil, the Kurdish autonomous region in the north, and in Kirkuk Province have been the center of the struggle for influence between Arabs and Kurds.

Residents still go to the polls, despite a number of bomb and mortar attacks. At least 38 people were killed and 110 people were injured in the attack Sunday (7 / 3). In fact, the government has mobilized more than 200 thousand soldiers and police in Baghdad to provide security. In addition the government is mobilizing hundreds of thousands of security forces into Iraq directions. The high voter participation in elections is expected to increase the legitimacy of the new government later. Legitimacy is necessary because there can be created from public confidence in government institutions.