Sunni Turnout High

More from Breitbart: polling hours extended; some stations didn't have enough ballots for turnout; scattered explosions but minimal damage. Looks like an excellent day for Iraqis. Update: Polls now closed. Preliminary report from Xinhua News: BAGHDAD Over 60 percent of eligible Iraqis have turned out by mid-Thursday in the mostly Sunni Salahudin province for the country's parliamentary elections, an official in the province said. "Over 60 percent of the province voters cast ballots until 1:00 p.m. (10:00 GMT) in all the cities of Salahudin province," Ali Salih, from the provincial election center, told Xinhua. Over 340, 000 voters cast ballots out of a total of 564,883 registered people, Salih said, putting the overall turnout in the province to about 80 percent. Witnesses said a major Sunni list and a secular Shiite list led by former prime minister Iyad Allawi have garnered most the votes cast. Early in the day, several mortar rounds landed near polling stations in Tikrit and Samarra, but there were no casualties reported, according to police sources. The heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad was also hit by an explosion shortly after the polls began, but there were no casualties or damage reported. The elections will install a first full-term parliament in the violence-torn country since the US-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.