Estimates put the turnout at an overall average of 62.4 per cent, although in the northern Kurdish Dohuk province it was 80 per cent. Here in Sulaimaniya, the percentage was 71.2 per cent. While the “Change“ movement (Goran) was leading in Sulaimaniya city, the alliance led by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) swept the rural areas. In the eastern areas of the province, two Kurdish Muslim fundamentalist parties captured 15-22 per cent of the vote. The PUK-KDP bloc has, reportedly, also won eight out of 12 seats in Kirkuk city in the neighbouring province of Tamim, where many Kurds have settled since the 2003 US occupation, boosting the population from 850,000 to 1.4 million. kisa tercume iraq genelinde katilim % 62,4 kurdistan da sulaimaniya 71,2 Dohuk % 80 katilim (kimin daha cok demeokrasi isteginde oldugunun iyi bir isareti) kerkukte YNK-KDP blogunun 8 milletvekili aldigi yaziliyor /yaklasik % 67) - benim notum: 65 miletvekilinin uzeri kurdler icin basari kerkuk de 8 miletvekli basari buna bir miletvekili daha eklenirse kerkuk % 75 kurdlerin demektir. bu rakamla kerkuk yonetimini kurdler alamazsa bir ulus insasindan vazgecmek lazim guneyli her kurdun (kuzeyliler zaten farkinda) secim oncesi iraq cumhurbaskani yardimcisinin ettigi lafi aklindan cikartmamasi lazim : Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi told a televised news conference in Baghdad that the next president of the country must be an Arab. “This country is Arab and an Arab should be on top,“ he said. "Bu ulke Arap ulkesi, en tepede bir arap oturmali"