In Saddam Hussein's home province around Tikrit, where few voted in January, the provisional turnout was 83%, an official in the local electoral commission said...
Having boycotted the January polls, Sunnis appeared determined to make their voice heard.
In Falluja – the Sunni dominated town and a hotbed of armed opposition to US-led forces - so great was the turnout compared to the previous vote that polling stations ran out of ballot papers during the day, causing long queues to form.
Entire families walked through the town's car-free streets while children enjoyed their holiday playing football. The scene was in stark contrast to empty streets last January when the war-ravaged town boycotted elections for the transitional assembly.
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