联合国的一名官员说，伊拉克选举委员会计划星期四宣布议会选举的初步结果。
联合国负责伊拉克事务的特别代表梅尔克特说，根据他得到的信息，他相信选举委员会能在星期四公布初步结果。梅尔克特星期三在巴格达的一次记者会上说的这番话。
伊拉克选举官员起初计划本星期早些时候公布巴格达和一些省份星期天选举的初步结果。巴格达将选出325个议会席位的大约五分之一，因此这里是各竞争派系的主要票仓。
另一方面，伊拉克问责和正义委员会已经采取行动，废除55名候选人的选票。该委员会的什叶派领导人说，这些候选人同被取缔的前领导人萨达姆的阿拉伯复兴社会党有关联。
A United Nations official says Iraq's electoral commission plans to announce preliminary results from parliamentary elections on Thursday.
Iraq special representative, Ad Melkert, says he is confident the commission will be able to release the initial findings Thursday based on information he has received. Melkert spoke during a news conference in Baghdad Wednesday.
Election officials initially planned to publish preliminary results from Sunday's vote earlier this week for seats in Baghdad and some provinces. The Iraqi capital is a key electoral prize for competing factions, as it commands about one-fifth of the 325 seats in parliament.
Meanwhile, Iraq's Accountability and Justice Commission has moved to annul the votes for 55 candidates. The Shi'ite leaders of the commission say the candidates have ties to the outlawed Ba'ath Party of former leader Saddam Hussein.
