Ballots were sorted by election workers in central Baghdad on Thursday. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images / New York TimesIraqi Prime Minister Is Big Winner In Vote -- Yahoo News/AP
BAGHDAD – The Iraqi prime minister's party finished first in races for ruling councils in Baghdad and eight other provinces during last weekend's provincial elections, officials said Thursday — a strong endorsement of his campaign to restore order in this war-ravaged country.
The election commission announced that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's party won 38 percent of the votes in Baghdad in Saturday's election, followed by allies of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and a Sunni party with 9 percent each.
In Basra, the country's second biggest city, the prime minister's followers won 37 percent to 11.6 percent for the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, the biggest Shiite party.
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