The Iranian authorities report turnouts of 64 percent nationwide and 48 percent in Tehran in the elections for the Ninth Majlis.
In Tehran, with one-third of ballots counted, the ruling United Principlist Front (UPF) and the ultraconservative Resistance Front (RF) candidates are in the lead, with their top candidates capturing 28 and 27 percent of the votes respectively. Only a single candidate not belonging to the two groups, Ali Motahari of the Voice of Nation, is among the top vote getters expected to be elected from Tehran.
Qolam-Ali Hadad Adel, a former speaker of Majlis and Ayatollah Khamenei’s political confidant (whose daughter is married to Khamenei’s son), and who was supported by both UPF and RF, is leading in Tehran with 405,053 votes, or 46 percent of the votes counted. UPF’s top candidate, Hojatoleslam Mohammad Hassan Abutorabi, is at second place with 245,806 or 28 percent, and RF’s top candidate, Morteza Agha-Tehrani, is third with 238,081 or 27 percent.
Ali Motahari, the top candidate in the Voice of Nation list, is at the eighth place with 153,212 votes or 17 percent of the votes counted so far.
a gooad and wise election by irainan people.
ReplyDeletethe people of president Ahmadi nejad must not lead the majlis.
The majlis has to control the government and not vice versa
What f... election? Selection!
ReplyDeleteAnon 1:10 AM
ReplyDeleteLOL !!
March 3, 2012 8:07 PM
ReplyDeletesome can die by too much laughing
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yup, this slant to the ultra-conservative wing of the ultra-conservatives is not ultra-surprising.
ReplyDeleteI was pretty certain that the write-in campaign for Shirin Ebadi wasn't gonna net her enough votes for a seat.
she'll probably do real well in the election to replace Ahmadinejad though.... and get enough votes for a term of four (more) years of house arrest.
Anon 12:34 AM
ReplyDeleteIn that occupied country called Iran no matter who is "voted" president they will always remain a puppet of the velayat-e-faqih even if it is Shirin Abadi or any other "reformist"
stooge of the regime.
Anon 10:39 PM
ReplyDeleteNot only I will laugh out loud but I will laugh out loud at people like you who come out with such nonsense as above.
Go and tell the people that the ZOO that you call the "majlis"has control of the velayat and the so called government they will laugh out loud at your face.