whittled down through the vetting process to 7 people who in the end posed no real challenge to him. that means that all the branches of power will be under the control of hardline conservatives ending almost a decade of dualism. official results here showed about 28.8 million people voted. raisi secured 17.8 million of those votes. a massive 14.1 million more votes than the nearest rooifrl. but this election was marred by voter apathy. turnout this time appears to have been just shy of 50% which is significantly lower than the 73% of voters who turned out for the 2017 elections. this is because many felt they didn t have a real choice. some people i spoke to said last time they voted for rowhani
those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! ( sighs wearily ) here, i ll take that! ( excited yell ) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one-gram of sugar, and nutrients to support immune health! ( abbot sonic ) welcome back. iran has a new president. the hardline judiciary chief won the office in a landslide victory. the results show raisi had more than 37 million votes. there s more from tehran. reporter: yasmin, as we discussed last night there were no surprises here in iran. hardliner raisi comfortably won the election. probably even before announcing the candidacy the scales tipped heavily in his favor. 600 people registered to run and
because they didn t want raisi to be president and then four years later he sails into the presidency which meant for them the vote meant nothing and disappointed with the reformist movement they felt didn t deliver on the promises. and were unable to deliver on anything going forward in this country anymore. many felt that raisi s win was a foregone conclusion and little point in going to the ballot box. supporters of raisi believer that now all branches of power under the conservatives they ll be able to revooifr the economy, find the path back to the nuclear deal and reverse the country s ailing fortunes but for others there s a feeling of forboding fearing he may seek to enforce more puritan call forms of government. fewer freedoms and tighter