Iraq's draft constitution has been ratified in the Oct. 15 referendum, the electoral commission quoted official results as saying on Tuesday.

Ninveveh province, the third Sunni-dominated province, voted no to the US-backed charter with only 55 percent, falling short of a needed two thirds to beat the draft, said the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq.

Under Iraq's interim constitution, if two thirds of the voters in any three of Iraq's 18 provinces say no, the charter will be vetoed and parliament dissolved.

Another two Sunni-dominated provinces, Anbar and Salahudin, voted no to the constitution with 96 percent and 81 percent, respectively.

Source: Xinhua