Iraq Election Results

From the Washington Post:

Official election results released Friday showed that an alliance of Shiite Muslim religious parties will remain the largest bloc in Iraq's parliament but will have to reach out to other factions to form a coalition government in the weeks ahead.

The uncertified results from parliamentary elections held Dec. 15 presented few surprises. The Shiite coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance, won 128 of the legislature's 275 seats, more than twice as many as any other group but well short of the two-thirds needed to form a government single-handedly.