In the 14th Presidential Elections in Iran, candidate of Turkish origin Massoud Pezeshkiyan continues to race ahead of conservative candidate Said Jalili. Pezeşkiyan, who received 43.5 percent of the votes, is followed by Celili with 37.7 percent of the votes.
TURKISH CANDIDATE IS AHEAD
Spokesman for the Election Center of the Iranian Ministry of Interior, Mohsen Islami, announced that 14,070,642 votes have been counted since the ballot boxes opened at midnight. Looking at the distribution of votes, Pezeshkian is leading the race with 43.5 percent, receiving 5,955,781 percent of the votes.
Celili, who has received 5 million 560 thousand 321 votes counted so far, is following with 37.7 percent.
Muhammed Bakır Kalibaf is in third place with 13.4 percent of the votes, and Mustafa Purmuhammedi is in fourth place with 0.8 percent.
50+1 VOTE RULE
Candidates must receive 50% +1 of the vote to be elected in the first round.
If there is no candidate who gets more than 50+1 percent in the first round, the 2 candidates who received the most votes will advance to the second round and the winner of the second round to be held on July 5 will become the 9th President of the country.
WHO IS MESUD PEZEŞKİYAN?
It shows that Massoud Pezeshkian received more votes than other candidates in the regions where Turks, Kurds and Baluchs are concentrated. Speaking at a conference in the capital Tehran, Massoud Pezeshkian said, “I have never lied to get votes in my life and I have never chanted false slogans.”
“I believe in rights and justice. The rights of women, sects and ethnicities are important to me. It doesn’t matter to me whether they are men, women, Turks, Kurds or Baluchis,” Pezeshkiyan said, adding that if he wins the race as the polls show, a Turkish president will serve in Iran for the first time. .
SURVEY RESULTS
In an opinion poll in Iran, the reformist candidate Pezeshkiyan came first with 33.1 percent in the presidential election, Jalili came second with 28.8 percent, while the other conservative candidate Qalibaf took third place with 19.1 percent.
Voting in the presidential elections, which was first announced to end at 18.00, was first extended to 20.00, then to 22.00 and then to 24.00.
FORMER PRESIDENT CHIEF LOST HIS LIFE IN A HELICOPTER ACCIDENT
Following the death of Iranian President Ibrahim Reisi in a helicopter crash on May 19, the Council of Guardians of the Constitution decided to hold the 14th term presidential elections on June 28.
ELECTION IS ON THE SECOND ROUND
When none of the candidates in the presidential election in Iran exceeded 50 percent, reformist Pezeshkian and conservative Said Jalili, who received the most votes, advanced to the second round.
According to the information provided by the election commission, Turkish candidate Massoud Pezeshkiyan received 10 million 400 thousand votes and reached a rate of more than 42 percent.
Iran’s former nuclear negotiator, the ultra-conservative Said Jalili, received 9 million 400 thousand votes. Celili’s vote rate is 38 percent.
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