"The Kurdish blocs have to work together to obtain the rights of their constituency," Barzani said in a statement.

"We should form a new coalition government in Iraq based on the principle of consensus and effective partnership with the Kurds," the PM added.

According to the final results of Iraq’s parliamentary election, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Sa’iroon coalition won 54 seats in parliament, followed by Hadi al-Ameri’s Fath coalition with 47 seats and Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s Nasr (victory) coalition with 42 seats.

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) also won 25 seats, up from 19 in the 2014 election.

“The KDP has achieved a great democratic gain under the current sensitive circumstances, which carries a lot of implications,” Barzani said.

The poll results were announced one week after Iraqis cast their ballot in the first parliamentary election since the country announced the defeat of the IS terrorist group after a three-year war.

Preliminary results were announced earlier this week, but allegations of fraud and irregularities delayed the complete count.

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