Iraqis go for General Election

Today the Voting in Iraq to its second parliamentary election on Sunday amid multiple mortar attacks and bombings to elect 325-member parliament are in progress.PM Nouri Maliki has appealed to his countrymen to turn out in large numbers,their participation would boost democracy.General election with little violence,casualty figures among civilians.Iraqi forces are in process of take over from the US troops is significantly lower.Iraq has 19 million eligible voters out of 28 million out of which 200,000 security personnel on duty in Baghdad.The issues rings round the voters are to bring Security, services.

United States wait for the outcome of the election to make Iraq an ideal nation of democracy in a region where free and fair elections or peaceful election least possible , thus give early way to a exodus of American troops.

The multinational force's invasion of Iraq in 2003 overthrew Saddam's regime and installed an interim government in which all Iraq's ethnic and religious communities were represented. This government held elections on January 30, 2005 to begin the process of writing a constitution.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took office in May 2006, Iraqis have experienced a surge of sectarian violence in 2006 and 2007, which left tens of thousands dead.

International groups and the formerly excluded Shi'a and Kurd factions claimed that the January 2005 elections were the first genuinely free elections in Iraq's history, with a fair representation of all ethnic groups.
The people war torn state looks for peace and they say,tired of sectarian violence and are eager for a normal life with improved basic services.Most of the political coalitions contesting this year's election are cross-sectarian. Shiite-led blocs also include Sunni candidates, and vice versa. They promote nationalism and goals of serving all Iraqi people. This is a good signal at least on the surface.

Regarding last election 2005 the opponents of the occupation, such as the insurgents and the Sunni faction, claim that the elections were not genuinely free and fair, pointing to several flaws in the process.

UN adviser to Iraq's election commission, Craig Jenness, said the complaints were not significant; "I don't see anything that would necessitate a rerun.There were nearly 7,000 candidates standing in 2005 election and only 275 seats, so you're always going to have winners and losers and it's normal that the losers won't always be happy about it."[