BAGHDAD, Feb. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission announced on Friday the certified final results of the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections.

   Adil al-Lami, head of the electoral commission, announced at a press conference held in Baghdad that confirmed final results showed the Shiite coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance, remained the largest bloc in the new 275-member parliament with 128 seats.

   Key Sunni parties, the Iraqi Accordance Front and the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, garnered 44 and 11 seats respectively while the Kurdish coalition received 53 seats, according to al-Lami.

   The final confirmed results came the same with preliminary results which were announced on Jan. 20. Enditem