The run up to the elections was marred by poltical violence but millions of Iraqis turned out for Saturday's vote.
It was the first time Iraqi security forces took charge of a ballot since American troops invaded the country in 2003.
Violence has escalated throughout the election cycle, with dozens of people killed in bomb attacks, mostly in Shia neighbourhoods. Fourteen candidates, most of them Sunni, have been killed in the run-up. The Shia-led government postponed elections in two Sunni-dominated provinces.
On polling day itself, violence was limited to a handful of attacks at voting stations, including mortar rounds a nd small bombs that injured four people, according to the BBC.
As many as 14 million Iraqis were eligible for Saturday's vote, with turnout expected to be around the 50% mark, according to an official, quoted by Retuers.
