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This was the primary election in 2022 after nationwide protests broke out over the demise of Mahsa Amini in police custody.
Conservative politicians will dominate Iran's parliament, in response to election outcomes, and retain their maintain on the Islamic Consultative Meeting in a vote that noticed document low turnout amid requires a boycott.
Voter turnout within the nation's elections Friday for the nationwide legislature and Meeting of Consultants was 41 p.c, in response to outcomes launched Monday, the bottom turnout since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
It was the primary vote since nationwide protests started in 2022 over the demise of Mahsa Amini, who died within the custody of Iran's so-called morality police.
Worldwide human rights teams mentioned Iranian authorities responded to the demonstrations with a violent crackdown and mass detentions.
The elections prevented many moderates and reformists from operating and have been held whereas Iran was below extreme sanctions.
“About 25 million folks took half, with a 41 p.c turnout,” Inside Minister Ahmad Vahidi instructed a information convention in Tehran.
Wahidi mentioned the voting passed off “regardless of vigorous efforts by the nation's well-wishers, together with intelligence companies and terrorist teams, to undermine safety”.
In keeping with Mohsen Eslami, spokesman for Iran's election authority, a second spherical of voting will likely be held in April or Could for 45 of the 290 seats in parliament.
All 88 seats within the Meeting of Consultants, which selects Iran's supreme chief, have been elected, Eslami mentioned.
On election day, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf urged voters to “name their associates or acquaintances proper now and persuade them to take part within the elections”.
Though it was unclear whether or not turnout was low as a result of voter apathy or a want to ship a message to Iran's theocracy, some Iranians pressed for a boycott, together with jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Nargess Mohammadi.
The earlier lowest turnout was within the 2020 parliamentary elections, which noticed 42 p.c turnout throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. About 62 p.c voters participated in 2016.
