News ID: 269

Date: 06 July 2024 - 07:16

Final results of Friday’s presidential runoff announced

The final results of Friday’s presidential runoff election have been announced by the country’s election headquarters after the completion of the counting of votes.

Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili, the two candidates who secured the most votes in the June 28 snap presidential election, were vying for the top executive office of the Islamic Republic.

According to the final vote count announced early on Saturday, Pezeshkian has been elected as the new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The eighth and final update was issued by the election headquarters at 6:45 AM (03:15 GMT). The first update came at 2:35 AM local time (23:05 GMT).

Mohsen Eslami, spokesperson for Iran's election headquarters which runs under the auspices of the country’s interior ministry, said Pezeshkian prevailed over his opponent, Jalili.

Of the total 30,530,157 votes counted, Pezeshkian garnered 16,384,403 votes while Jalili trailed behind with 13,538,179 ballots.