(251112) -- BAGHDAD, Nov. 12, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A woman votes at a polling center in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2025. Iraq held the sixth parliamentary election since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion on Tuesday, with over 20 million eligible voters casting ballots at 8,703 polling centers to choose among 7,744 candidates competing for 329 parliamentary seats.

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