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Credit: Reuters/Mohammed Ameen BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi review panel on Monday invalidated votes cast for 52 candidates in last month's election, throwing into question the slim lead of the winning Sunni-backed alliance. World Electoral officials and politicians said while Monday's decision may not alter the final outcome of the election, a more significant ruling was expected on Tuesday, when the panel considers the fate of six to nine winning candidates. Regardless of the real impact of Monday's ruling, analysts said it could raise tensions after the inconclusive March vote. One of the names barred on Monday for alleged ties to Saddam Hussein's banned Baath party was a winner in the March 7 ballot for the cross-sectarian bloc of ex-premier Iyad Allawi, which rode strong Sunni support to gain the lead in the election. Allawi's Iraqiya list won 91 seats, just two seats ahead of Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition. Allawi's allies said they did not think the final election result would change. Under Iraq's electoral system, a candidate barred by the panel might conceivably be replaced by a member of the same party. But any reduction in Iraqiya's representation could reignite Sunni anger just as the sectarian violence unleashed after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion recedes. "The ruling of the review panel is politically motivated and could be detrimental to the whole democratic process in Iraq," said Mustafa al-Hiti, a senior member of Allawi's Iraqiya alliance. Saad al-Rawi, one of nine commissioners at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), of which the review panel is a part, said it was likely the winning candidate whose votes were invalidated would be replaced by a candidate from Iraqiya. Rawi added that the ruling on Monday, which affected a few thousand votes, is unlikely to change the election outcome. "I don't think this would affect the number of seats for the bloc," he said. "Iraqiya got millions of votes, 5,000 or 10,000 votes (less) would not affect it." CALL FOR U.N. INTERVENTION The rulings come before the expected start next week of a recount of votes in Baghdad, which could also change the result and enrage Sunnis who saw Iraqiya's success as a vindication of their claim to greater political clout. Iraqiya leader Allawi told reporters in Ankara the latest developments underscored the need for foreign observers. "It's high time the United Nations intervened to make sure the political process works," he said after meeting Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. Sunnis' resentment at their fall from power after the ousting of Sunni dictator Saddam in 2003 helped fuel a bloody sectarian war and a fierce insurgency after the invasion. Iraqis had hoped the election would help the war-damaged country cement improved security and stability. The lack of a clear winner comes when the United States is looking to withdraw its remaining 100,000 troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. Instead, the lack of a clear result has spawned protracted political uncertainty as Shi'ite-led, Sunni-backed and Kurdish factions try to negotiate tie-ups that would allow them to gain a working majority and pick the next government. "This decision (of the review panel) builds a wall between the political parties when they should be getting closer to forming a government quickly," said Khamis al-Badri, a professor of political science at Baghdad University. "This decision at this time will not be good for the political process." The impasse has also occurred as international oil firms are starting to invest in Iraq's vast oilfields, launching the country on a path that could more than quadruple its oil output capacity to Saudi levels of 12 million barrels per day. Hamdiya al-Husseini, a member of Iraq's independent electoral commission, said Monday's ruling by the panel was not final as the affected candidates had a month to appeal. (Additional reporting by Rania El Gamal and Muhanad Mohammed in Baghdad and Tulay Karadeniz in Ankara; Writing by Michael Christie; Editing by Myra MacDonald) World Comments See All Comments (1) | Post Comment Apr 26, 2010 11:04am EDT Hmm something tells me the CIA had a hand in this lol. Fleetfoxx Report As Abusive See All Comments (1) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. 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