The final results of Iran’s closely-contested 10th presidential election showed that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won a landslide victory.
“Of the 39,165,191 votes counted (85 percent), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won with 24,527,516 (62.63 percent),“ Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli told reporters on Saturday.
Mir Hossein Mousavi came in second with 13,216,411 votes (33.75 percent), Press TV reported.
The former commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards Mohsen Rezaei was third with 678,240 votes (1.73 percent) and former Majlis speaker Mehdi Karroubi trailed fourth with 333,635 votes (0.85 percent).
The minister said 409,389 ballots (1.04 percent) were void.
Over 46 million Iranians aged 18 and above were eligible to vote in Friday’s presidential elections.
Mahsouli said the ministry had not received any “written complaint“ about fraud or irregularities.
The vote was held in a manner that “ruled out the possibility of cheating.“ He dismissed claims that the elections were rigged.
“No violations that may have influenced the vote have been reported, and we have received no written complaint,“ he said in response to a question from an Italian reporter.
He explained that there may have been some tensions between the representatives of the presidential hopefuls but added that there is no evidence to suggest that the contentions had led to violations.