Iranian reformist and moderate are set to win run-off elections

Iranian reformist and moderate are set to win run-off elections
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The Elections Headquarters announced the latest results of vote counting in the run-off parliamentary elections.

Iranians voted in the run-off parliamentary elections in which 68 seats were up for seize in the 290-seat parliament.

Polls opened at 8:00 local time (0430 GMT) on Friday (April 29) in 55 cities and towns in 21 provinces across the country.

According to the Elections Headquarters, 136 nominees ran for 68 seats.

About 17 million voters were eligible to go to the ballot boxes for the run-off elections across the country.

There was no run-off vote in the capital, Tehran, as the candidates close to the President Hassan Rouhani gained all the 30 seats in February 26.

The Reformist bloc had 58 candidates in the run-off parliamentary elections, and the remainder includes Principlists and several independent candidates.

The new parliament will begin its session on May 27.

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