Iraqinfo-icon's Sairoon coalition, led by opposition leader Muqtada al-Sadr, came in first in Saturday's parliamentary polls, while the pro-government Al-Fatih coalition, led by Hadi al-Amiri, came in second, according to unofficial results.

Initial results indicate that the Sairoon coalition won between 54 and 56 out of 328 parliamentary seats, followed by the Al-Fatih bloc (between 40 and 44 seats) and the Al-Nasr bloc (between 40 and 42 seats), according to a source at Iraq's official electoral commission.

According to the same source, the Al-Wataniya coalition, led by Iyad Allawi, won 29 seats; the State of Law coalition, led by Nuri al-Maliki, picked up 24 seats; the Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Masoud Barzani, clinched 23 seats; the National Wisdom Movement, led by Ammar al-Hakim, won 22 seats; and the Al-Qarar coalition, led by Osama al-Nujaifi, captured 18 seats.

"These figures are merely preliminary; they are not final," the source, speaking to Anadolu Agencyinfo-icon anonymously due to restrictions on talking to mediainfo-icon, said.

On Saturday, Iraqis voted in the country's first parliamentary election since 2014. 

According to Iraq's official election commission, some 10.8 million Iraqis took part in the vote, representing a turnout of 44.5 percent. 

The polls were held under the specter of an ongoing economic crisis, chronic political polarization, serious security concerns and as thousands of internally-displaced Iraqis continue to return to their homes.

Final poll results are expected to be announced sometime later this week.