Iraqi Elections

What happened with the results of the Iraqi elections that took place on December 15? It is now almost 3 weeks since then and we still do not know the final results. We only hear "preliminary results", according to which the religious shiites won a large majority in the parliament. Of course there are also some concerns about fraud and thats why an international team will now review the results. Of course, president Bush keeps praising the Iraqi elections as a major success .

Well, I am wondering whether these elections were really successful. In what kind of a democracy it takes 3 weeks to get out the results of national elections? I dont care that there are many problems there. 3 weeks is far too long. But, worst of all, the apparent winners are the religious islamic parties. Here are the names of the parties of the coalition that apparently won. In red are parties that appear to be religious extremists.

Al-Sadr Bloc
Al-Shabak Democratic Grouping
Badr Organisation
Centre Grouping Party
Community of Justice
Hezbollah Movement in Iraq
Iraqi Democrats Movement
Islamic Daawa Party
Islamic Daawa Party - Iraq Organisation
Islamic Master of the Martyrs Movement
Islamic Union for Iraqi Turkomans
Islamic Virtue Party
Justice and Equality Grouping
Malhan Al Mukatir
Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq
The Free of Iraq
Turkoman Loyalty Movement

So, is that a success? Having elections in which the secular parties were virtually eliminated, and islamic religious fanatics apparently won a strong majority? Is that how the Bush administration hopes to transform the middle-east towards democracy?