Conservatives are set to brush elections for Iran‘s new parliament and the influential clerical meeting amid document low turnout, early outcomes confirmed on Saturday.
The unofficial turnout cited by native media was round 41%, the bottom because the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The final parliamentary polls in February 2020, days after Iran recorded its first circumstances of COVID-19, had a turnout of 42.4%.
While counting of ballots was nonetheless underway in Tehran and different provinces, preliminary outcomes urged conservatives and hardliners have been poised to retain management of the highest legislative physique.
More than 15,000 candidates vied for 290 seats within the parliament (Majlis), whereas 144 candidates contested for the 88-member Assembly of Experts that appoints the nation’s Supreme Leader.
Of the overall 87 million individuals within the nation, greater than 61 million have been eligible to solid their ballots, lots of them first-time voters.
Addressing reporters in Tehran, spokesman for election headquarters Mohsen Islami stated within the capital vote rely from 3,501 of the overall 5,000 polling stations had been accomplished.
Veteran lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian garnered 342,526 votes, adopted by one other lawmaker Hamid Resaee with 285,851, journalist Amir Hossein Sabiti 277,885 and former speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf coming fourth with 259,930 votes.
Only just a few reformists have been within the fray this time with some failing to get the inexperienced sign from the Guardian Council, the highest vetting physique, whereas others stayed away.
Ali Motahari, a distinguished reformist politician and former deputy parliament speaker who was heading a 30-member alliance of his personal, did not safe a seat.
But Masoud Pezeshkian, a seasoned reformist politician, managed to safe sufficient votes to prevail over his opponents. He can be representing his house metropolis of Tabriz in northern Iran within the new parliament.
The elections for the Assembly of Experts, for which 144 contenders have been competing for 88 seats, didn’t spring any massive surprises.
President Ebrahim Raisi retained his seat within the influential clerical physique for the third straight time, securing greater than 82% of votes from South Khorasan province.
Former President Hassan Rouhani had been disqualified by the Guardian Council from contesting the Assembly of Experts election.
Voting strains opened on Friday at 8 a.m. native time (0430 GMT), and have been slated to shut at 6 p.m. Authorities, nonetheless, prolonged the voting thrice till midnight to permit extra individuals to vote.
Hadi Tahan Nazif, spokesman for the Guardian Council, instructed reporters that folks and candidates had 5 days to register their complaints concerning the election course of.
Source: www.anews.com.tr