The outcome of this, as well as practically any election in the future, will be more an occasion for the loosing side to complain and disengage themselves in a determined tantrum rather than to participate in the process of government to whatever extent may be to their advantage.
Insurgent threats of violence may have deterred some, but others may be obeying boycotts of the elections called by some Sunni political parties, correspondents say.
Others may not want to legitimise an election they believe is offering false hope, observers say.
Who are these "observers" and "correspondents?" What credentials do they have that makes their opinions worth of BBC comment?
Ridiculous partisanships will continue to bog progress, regardless of the outcome of the election.
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