BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 5. The Iranian extraordinary presidential election has been extended for another two hours, until 24:00 (GMT +3:30), Mohsen Eslami, secretary and spokesperson of the Election Headquarters said, Trend reports.
To note, the second round of the extraordinary presidential election started on July 5 at 08:00 (GMT +3:30) in Iran, with two candidates - Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili - competing. The duration of the election is 10 hours (if the Ministry of Interior deems it necessary, the election time can be extended).
A total of 58,640 constituencies have been established in Iran for the Iranian presidential election inside the country and 344 outside the country. Over 61.4 million voters are eligible to vote in Iran's presidential election.
According to the results of the first round of the early presidential election, former Iranian Health Minister Masoud Pezeshkian counted 10.4 million votes, the representative of Iran's spiritual leader in the Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, received 9.47 million votes, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf - 3.38 million votes, and former Minister of the Interior and Justice and conservative Mostafa Pourmohammadi - 206,000 votes.
20:45 (GMT+4) The Iranian extraordinary presidential election has been extended for another two hours, until 22:00 (GMT +3:30), Mohsen Eslami, secretary and spokesperson of the Election Headquarters said, Trend reports.
To note, the second round of the extraordinary presidential election started on July 5 at 08:00 (GMT +3:30) in Iran, with two candidates - Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili - competing. The duration of the election is 10 hours (if the Ministry of Interior deems it necessary, the election time can be extended).
A total of 58,640 constituencies have been established in Iran for the Iranian presidential election inside the country and 344 outside the country. Over 61.4 million voters are eligible to vote in Iran's presidential election.
According to the results of the first round of the early presidential election, former Iranian Health Minister Masoud Pezeshkian counted 10.4 million votes, the representative of Iran's spiritual leader in the Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, received 9.47 million votes, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf - 3.38 million votes, and former Minister of the Interior and Justice and conservative Mostafa Pourmohammadi - 206,000 votes.
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Voting in the second round of the presidential election in Iran has been extended until 20:00 (GMT +3:30), Mohsen Eslami, secretary and spokesperson of the Election Headquarters said, Trend reports.
According to him, the voting time was extended by two hours due to high voter turnout.
To note, the second round of the extraordinary presidential election started on July 5 at 08:00 (GMT +3:30) in Iran, with two candidates - Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili - competing. The duration of the election is 10 hours (if the Ministry of Interior deems it necessary, the election time can be extended).
A total of 58,640 constituencies have been established in Iran for the Iranian presidential election inside the country and 344 outside the country. Over 61.4 million voters are eligible to vote in Iran's presidential election.
According to the results of the first round of the early presidential election, former Iranian Health Minister Masoud Pezeshkian counted 10.4 million votes, the representative of Iran's spiritual leader in the Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, received 9.47 million votes, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf - 3.38 million votes, and former Minister of the Interior and Justice and conservative Mostafa Pourmohammadi - 206,000 votes.
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