BAGHDAD — The Iraqi prime minister’s allies finished first in races for ruling councils in Baghdad and eight other provinces during last weekend’s provincial elections, officials said today — a strong endorsement of his campaign to restore order in this war-ravaged country.
The election commission announced that the coalition loyal to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s 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.
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