[Do not dub me shapka broham]

The biggest mistake made by the secular parties, e.g. the former Communists, Sharistani and the royalists, the new list formed by the former Sunni president, etc., etc..., was not coalescing into a solid, viable political bloc.

To think that any one of these parties, alone, was going to have a significant impact on the election was sheer folly.

[self_evident]

To think that any one of these parties, alone, was going to have a significant impact on the election was sheer folly.

It's a parlimentary system, so coalitions are going to predominantely be formed after elections, not before.