Two Armenians Elected as MPs in Iranian Parliament-Preliminary Results

According to preliminary data, 2 Armenians have been elected as members of the Majlis of the Islamic Republic of Iran – Karen Khanlarian and Zhorzh Abrahamyan. In an interview with “Armenpress” Karen Khanlarian informed that Armenian voters participated in the elections in the Northern and Southern electoral districts.

“There were 3 candidates in the Southern electoral district. 2 of them withdrew as a result of which Zhorzh Abrahamyan was elected. According to preliminary data, the number of participants of the election was 2300. Initially, there were 6 candidates in the Northern electoral district. Later 3 of them withdrew. The competition went on among 3 candidates. The overall number of voters in the north was 12 thousand. I was elected with 73% of votes”, he mentioned.

“The results will be officially publicized either on February 28 or 29”, he added.

Euronews.com informs that a huge number of voters participated in the elections. The elections were planned to last for 10 hours but the deadline was extended several times due to a rush of voters. There were huge queues at polling stations.

Iranians have elected 290 MPs for 4-year term.