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Iran 2020 Elections | Iran Today
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February 25, 2020
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25:00Now PlayingElections turnout in Iran, though less than previous years, was acceptable given the adverse economic situation. Results are out for Irans Friday elections. And results have put quite a different face or faces to Parliament. Tables have swung round in favor of Principlists or Conservatives. As for the Assembly of Experts, thats a pretty uniform clerical body. Elections determine the future, even when voter turnout is at its lowest. Iran has been vigilant at holding elections, and has held 37 rounds since its 1979 Islamic Revolution. Those have been all 4, Presidential, Parliamentary, Experts Assembly and Local Council elections. Voter turnout was just over 42.5 percent; thats s about 24.5 million of some 59 million eligible voters of Irans 83 million-strong population. Its the first time theres been less than 50 percent participation, since the revolution. But given circumstances its still a considerable number. There is dissatisfaction with the economic situation; the petrol price protests of November are still fresh in memory. Other causes for a lower turnout, the leader and interior minister pointed to.
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