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Iran holds parl. runoff
Candidates needed at least 20 percent of all valid votes in their constituency to be elected in the initial round.
Friday’s vote was to fill the seats of 45 deputies, out of the 290 in parliament, in 15 of Iran’s 31 provinces, including Tehran, officials said.
In the capital, Tehran, 16 representatives will be chosen from 32 candidates.
Final results are expected on Monday, though counts in smaller constituencies are likely before that.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was among the first to cast a ballot as voting began.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that every person, who wants Iran’s progress, has a national duty to take part in the election.
“The importance of the second round is not less than the first one, and God willing, our beloved people will all participate, vote and complete the parliament,” the Leader added.
“The more votes, the stronger the parliament is, and the stronger the parliament, the more opportunities to work in the country.”
The first round of the parliamentary election was held along with the Assembly of Experts vote on March 1, saw a turnout of 41 percent.
Twenty-five million Iranians out of 61 million eligible voters took part in the elections.
Back then, 245 candidates managed to pass the 20-percent threshold to win the ticket to the parliament.
In the 2016 parliamentary elections, first-round turnout was above 61 percent, before falling to 42.57 percent in 2020 when elections took place during the Covid pandemic.