Official estimate puts turnout rate at 49%

Iranian Green Movement leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, who have been under house arrest since 2011, boycotted the runoff election and rejected the proposal to vote through a mobile ballot box, Iran International has learned.

Mousavi and Rahnavard had abstained from voting in the first round as well, unlike fellow Green Movement leader Mehdi Karroubi, who voted for Masoud Pezeshkian in both rounds.

The Iranian government's official newspaper says over 29.3 million ballots have been cast as of 22:40 (local time), exceeding the 28.9 million votes in the 2021 elections, which ended with Ebrahim Raisi's victory.

Although these figures are not official results, they show that voter turnout has so far reached 47.6%, which is nearly eight percent higher than the record-low turnout in the first round held last week.

Iran’s Interior Ministry has extended voting for two more hours, until 24:00 (local time), to allow late-comers to cast their ballots in the runoff presidential election.
This will be the last time the voting is being extended, according to the Constitution.