BAGHDAD, Iraq: Iraq's United Iraqi Alliance led by Sayyed Abdulaziz Al-Hakim won the December 15 parliamentary election earning 128 seats in the 275-member Council of Representatives, according to final uncertified results announced Friday.

Court certification of the results is expected next week.

The Kurdish parties took 53 seats, and the main Sunni Arab bloc 44.

The UIA and Kurdish formations, who joined forces in the outgoing government, were just three seats short of the two-thirds majority needed to elect a president and push through constitutional reforms.

The US called on all groups to work together but insisted all decisions would be taken by the Iraqi parties.

When the results are confirmed, President Jalal Talabani will have two weeks to convene parliament, which will choose a new president within a month.

The new president then designates the prime minister, who must submit his cabinet to parliament within another month.

A team of foreign experts mandated to probe the poll had said Thursday the election was marked by some fraud, but not on a scale that would call into question the final results.