Iran Defends Record Low Turnout In General Election
February 23, 2020
Iran on Sunday reported its lowest turnout in a general election since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, after a poll in which half of the candidates were barred.
The final results of Friday’s vote were due to be released two days after it was held on the heels of the confirmation of novel coronavirus cases in the country.
Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announced the participation rate was 42.6 percent — the lowest in four decades.