Polls close in Iran’s presidential and city and village council elections
شنبه, ۲۵ خرداد ۱۳۹۲، ۰۴:۲۹ ق.ظ
Iranians
line up to cast their ballots in the final hours of presidential and
city and village council elections in Tehran on June 14, 2013.
Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:35PM
Nearly 50.5 million Iranians, including more than 1.6 million first-time voters, were eligible to vote in the June 14 elections.
The
polls have closed in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s presidential and
city and village council elections and the counting has begun.
The polling stations closed around the country at 11 pm (1830 GMT) local time on Friday, and vote counting began.
Earlier in the day, the Iranian Interior Ministry extended the voting deadline for the fourth time.
Polls officially opened across Iran at 8:00 a.m. (0330 GMT) and were originally scheduled to end at 6 p.m. (1330 GMT).
The head of the Election Committee of Tehran Provincearali Baratlou said the voter turnout in the Friday elections is predicted to hit 70 percent in Tehran Province.
Millions of Iranian voters headed for polling stations to cast their ballots and choose the country’s 11th president as well as their representatives at the city and village councils.
Nearly 50.5 million Iranians, including more than 1.6 million first-time voters, were eligible to vote in the June 14 elections.
Hassan Rohani, who is the president of the Expediency Council’s Center for Strategic Research, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili, Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei , Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, and former Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Gharazi were the six candidates running who ranthe presidential election.
Over 200,000 candidates also ran in the city and rural councils elections.
