Photos show Iraqi security forces and displaced people voting early in parliamentary election
A worker from Iraq's electoral commission prepares voting materials at a polling station in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Original Publication Date: November 9, 2025 11:57PM
Publication Updated: November 10, 2025 12:13AM
Members of Iraqi security forces and displaced people living in camps, including minority Yazidis, cast their ballots Sunday in early voting ahead of this week’s parliamentary election in Iraq.
The election, which will help determine whether Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani gets a second term, comes against the backdrop of fears of another conflict between Israel and Iran, and Iraq’s balancing act with Tehran and Washington.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Iraqi security forces gather to cast their ballot during a special voting session ahead of Tuesday’s parliamentary election in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ali Rahim)Displaced Yazidi women have their fingerprints verified before voting ahead of Iraq’s parliamentary elections, set for Nov. 11, at a polling station in the Sharia camp near Dohuk, in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)A worker prepares election banners for the Iraqi parliament in Basra, Iraq, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)Supporters of a political movement called “Harakat Huqooq, Arabic for Rights Movement, listen to Hussein Muanis speak during an election rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrives to his political block campaign rally before the parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani arrives to his political block campaign rally before the parliamentary elections in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Election workers count ballots at the end of a special voting session ahead of Tuesday’s parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Workers from Iraq’s electoral commission prepare voting materials, for the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections on Nov. 11., at a polling station in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Election workers count ballots at the end of a special voting session ahead of Tuesday’s parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces gather to vote during a special voting session ahead of Tuesday’s parliamentary election in Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)Iraqi security forces gather to vote during a special voting session ahead of Tuesday’s parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)A vendor walks past an Iraqi parliamentary elections banner in Baghdad, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
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