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Reformists leading in Iran parliament vote Iran reformists performing well in early election results
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TEHRAN, Iran — Reformists and moderate conservatives are leading in the race for parliament according to early election results, an indication President Hassan Rouhani may face a more friendly house to pursue his domestic agenda. TEHRAN, Iran — Early results from Iranian parliamentary elections indicate that reformist candidates are heading for their best showing in more than a decade in a potential boost to moderate President Hassan Rouhani.
Early returns Saturday morning from Friday’s parliamentary polls show that none of the three competing political factions will win a majority alone in the 290-seat parliament but reformists seeking greater democratic changes are heading to win their strongest presence in parliament since 2004 at the expense of hard-liners. Officials have yet to release formal results, but reports on Saturday by the semi-official Fars and Mehr news agencies and a count conducted by The Associated Press show that candidates from Iran’s powerful hard-line camp have lost ground. Reformists seeking greater democratic changes and better ties with the West appear to be heading toward their strongest presence in the 290-seat parliament since 2004.
Officials are yet to release early results but reports in the semiofficial Fars and Mehr news agencies and a count conducted by The Associated Press show that hard-liners are the main losers of the vote. Nearly 55 million of Iran’s 80 million people were eligible to vote. Participation figures were not immediately available, though Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli predicted late Thursday there would be a turnout of 70 percent.
Friday’s election for Iran’s parliament and a powerful clerical body known as the Assembly of Experts was the first since Iran’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers last year.
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