Election Results read at Press Conference at the Al Rasheed Hotel

The winners names were read out province by province by members of the election committee during a press conference in the Al Rasheed Hotel. The biggest winner in the Iraqi elections was the Iraqi prime minster as his allies took most of the open positions. The fundamentalist party lost most all the ground they had won in 2005. Some are crying foul play.
The speakers could barely be seen over the mics. Wires ran all over the hotel. Great atmosphere in the hotel. If I pass through again I'll make sure to have a coffee there.The conference was packed, I slipped out early after taking some shots of the podium overloaded with microphones.