The Sunni response to the results of the vote is likely to be a crucial factor in whether the election ultimately helps curb Iraq's insurgency and hastens the withdrawal of 152,000 American troops. But their first reaction was bleak: Low turnout in Sunni neighborhoods and cities suggested they may have little say in Iraq's 275-member Transitional National Assembly.
"From my point of view, this election was a failure," said Ayad al-Samaraee, a senior member of the Sunni-led Iraqi Islamic Party, "It would have been a success if most of the Iraqis came to this election, but as we see, there were divisions between those who are for and those who are against it."
and then this:
Acknowledging Monday that "Sunni participation was considerably lower than participation by the other groups," a U.S. diplomat said that "it isn't . . . a good thing when you have a significant group of people in a country that is either intimidated or involved in military operations, or the victims of military operations, or voluntarily excluding themselves from a political process."
From a Yahoo AP news article