Masud Cyzeshkyan, belonging to the wing of the reformists, leads in the presidential election of the 14th convocation in Iran with 43.5 percent of the vote. The following is Said Jalili from the wing of conservatives with 37.7 percent of the vote. This was announced by the representative of the Electoral Staff of the Islamic Republic of Mokhsen Eslavi.
Eslavi voiced such results after the count of 19 069 713 votes.
Thus, after processing the ballots, Cyzeshkyan leads in the race from 43.5 percent, gaining 8 302 577 votes. The next Jalili scored 7,189,756 votes (37.7 percent). Mohammad Bagger Galibaf is in third place with a result of 14 percent (2,676,512 votes), and Mostafa Purmohammadi is in fourth place with 0.8 percent of the vote.
To win the election, the candidate needs to get 50+1 percent of the vote. If none of the candidates gains more than 50 percent in the first round, then the second round of voting will be held on July on July, in which two candidates that have received the largest number of votes will participate.