5-12-2018 Newshound Guru chattels Polls are open on Saturday, May 12 from 7am to 6pm across Iraq and the Kurdistan Region as voters elect a new parliament, the first election after ISIS. Al-Abadi is likely to win 60 seats in the parliamentary elections. ...Results within 48 hours they say... [If he wins 60 seats, will that give him a majority?] No sir. [So, he'll need to form a coalition?] Yes sir. [How long do you folks think it will take for Abadi to form a coalition?] There is no certainty that Abadi's coalition will be asked to form a government. The top individual list vote getter has never become PM in Iraq. It all depends upon the coalition(s) formed post election. Maliki's State Of Law Coalition lost out in 2014. Allawi lost out in 2008, etc