US EditionUnofficial reports put Iran election turnout around 40%
- Voter turnout in Iran's recent elections was at a historic low of around 40 percent, as reported by local media.
- Ultraconservative candidates secured 12 of the 30 parliament seats in Tehran, with some seats heading to a second round in either April or May.
- Reformist voices expressed concerns over the elections' outcome, with predictions that radical conservatives would dominate the next parliament due to low participation.
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The main coalition of reformist parties, the Reform Front, announced its refusal to participate in these “meaningless elections” in view of the disqualification of many of its candidates before the vote.
Conservative hard-line candidates close to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei won two-thirds of the seats in the Iranian Parliament, the spokesman for the...
In the Iranian elections, which were marked by low turnout and calls for a boycott, surprisingly the hardliners and ultraconservatives won, showing the first preliminary results announced today. Officials have not yet released exact figures on turnout, but it is believed to have been low.
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Conservatives will strengthen their control of the Iranian Parliament, according to the partial results of Friday's elections, marked by a record abstention in 45 years of Islamic Republic Two
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