SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, July 26, SPA -- Iraq's election commission says 78 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in elections in the self-ruled Kurdish north. Independent High Electoral Commission member Hamdiyahal-Husseini told a news conference late Saturday in theKurdish city of Irbil that the highest voter turnout was inDahuk, one of three Kurdish provinces making up the region. Al-Husseini says nearly 86 percent of eligible voters inDahuk cast ballots. She says 79 percent of voters turned out in Irbil and 74.5percent in Sulaimaniyah. Election results are not expected to be announced forseveral days, The Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/687650