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April 21st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Mortazavi, who also heads the country’s Election Headquarters, added that the elections will be held in the Iranian capital of Tehran as well as 18 other provinces.
He also said Tehran will experience more intense competition as out of its 30 candidates, only five have succeeded in winning the majority of vote in the first round of the elections.
Iran is to hold the second round of Majlis elections after a total of 225 candidates succeeded in securing the required majority of votes to win parliamentary seats in the first round, held on March 2.
More than 64 percent of some 48 million eligible voters cast their ballots in Iran’s 9th parliamentary elections, with 75 percent of the candidates from the Principlist camp securing the Majlis seats.
The highest turnout for the 9th Majlis elections was recorded in Kohkilouyeh-Boyer Ahmad Province, where 89 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, followed by Ilam and Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Provinces with respective voter turnout rates of 87 and 81 percent.
According to the Iranian law, parliamentary candidates must receive at least a quarter of the votes in each riding in order to win a seat in Majlis. Otherwise, the riding must advance to a second round of voting.
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