Iran Press/Iran news: Iran’s Parliamentary Elections and the Midterm Elections for the Assembly of Experts – a body whose members designate the Leader of the Islamic Revolution – are to be held simultaneously on February 21.
A total of 57,918,000 Iranians are eligible to cast their ballots on Friday. A little more than 29 million voters are men and 28,800,000 are women.
More than 7,000 candidates are competing to enter the Parliament. A winning candidate must have at least 20 percent of the votes cast in their constituency in order to become a parliamentarian for a four-year term.
The elections will be held in about 2,000 polling stations in 4 constituencies.
2,900,000 people are potential first-time voters.
The eligible age in Iran to vote has been 18 since January 2007.
The Candidates for the 11th Round of Parliamentary Elections and the Midterm Assembly of Experts' Elections ended the campaign, at 8 am on February 20, twenty-four hours before the election. The campaign had begun on February 13.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Thursday, referred to the upcoming elections, saying that the elections will be the echo of the message that Iranians will not surrender.
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