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A leading official in the bloc of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday called on the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to recount votes of Iraq parliamentary elections mainly in Baghdad, for fraud allegation. Maliki's State of Law coalition has certain information and evidences that indicate fraud at the stage of the vote count in the interest of a certain list, Ali al-Adeeb said. Adeeb's remarks came as the IHEC announced late on Tuesday the partial results of 79 percent of the ballots cast, showing the former prime minister Ayad Allawi making a slender lead over Maliki's bloc for the first time in the country's partial results of parliamentary elections. Adeeb said that his bloc sent a letter to the IHEC demanding a recount for votes, particularly, for Baghdad's voting papers. The letter also demanded a probe in the political ties of all the officials of the count centers, and not to release the final results till the end of investigation for all the submitted complaints, no matter how long time it takes, Adeeb added.
