These two candidates received the most votes in the first round, but they did not achieve the 50% plus one required to win. Therefore, on July 5, they will be playing for the Iranian presidency.
The conservative Said Jalili and the reformist Masud Pezeshkian will be played Iran’s presidency in a second roundon July 5, which will be decisive.
These two have been the candidates with the most votes in the first round, but they have not achieved the 50% plus one necessary to achieve victory. In third place, the also conservative Mohamad Bagher Ghalibaf has finished.
After 24.5 million votes counted, the latest count gives Pezeshkian 10.4 million votes, compared to Jalili’s 9.4.
Low involvement
The Iranian Republic has recorded its lowest turnout in an election since 1979.
And the thing is, only 40% of voters have gone to the polls, according to data from the country’s Electoral Commission.
Source: Eitb
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