Ebrahim Raisi Elected President of Iran with 62pc of Vote

Ebrahim Raisi Elected President of Iran with 62pc of votes,” based on statistics released Saturday by inside Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli.

Voter turnout for Friday’s election was 48.8 percent of their significantly more than 5-9 million eligible voters. He said a record low for a presidential election from the Islamic republic.

He was followed closely in third position from former chief bank chief Abdolnasser Hemmati, who scored 8.4 percentage.

Last placed out of this four candidate had been Amirhossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi, who obtained 3.5 per cent.

Above 3.7 million ballots had been declared void — much more votes than were won by second-placed Rezai.

A few of those first seven candidates had fallen outside two weeks. Before the election Mohsen Mehralizadeh, Saeed Jalili, and Alireza Zakani. AFP

Mumtaz Alvi adds Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday congratulated brother Ebrahim Raisi on his landmark election victory at the Islamic Republic of Iran. 13th presidential elections also he looked forward to dealing with him for further strengthening bilateral ties and regional peace.

Imran felicitated that the presidents-elect at a tweet and mentioned. Congratulations to excellency brother Ibrahim Raisi on his landmark success in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s 13th presidential elections”.