Iran election turnouts exceeded 100% in 30 towns

mynameis · 19-06-2009, 01:34 AM

Iran election turnouts exceeded 100% in 30 towns, website reports

At least 200 polling stations across Iran had participation rates of 95% or above, say sources of centrist Auyandeh site

* Robert Tait
* guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 17 June 2009 16.12 BST
* Article history

Iranian clerics check candidates' list before voting in Qom

Iranian clerics check candidates' list before voting at the shrine of Hazrat-e Massoumeh, granddaughter of Muhammad in the city of Qom. Photograph: Damir Sagoli/Reuters

Turnouts of more than 100% were recorded in at least 30 Iranian towns in last week's disputed presidential election, opposition sources have claimed.

In the most specific allegations of rigging yet to emerge, the centrist Ayandeh website – which stayed neutral during the campaign – reported that 26 provinces across the country showed participation figures so high they were either hitherto unheard of in democratic elections or in excess of the number of registered electors.

Taft, a town in the central province of Yazd, had a turnout of 141%, the site said, quoting an unnamed "political expert". Kouhrang, in Chahar Mahaal Bakhtiari province, recorded a 132% turnout while Chadegan, in Isfahan province, had 120%.

Ayandeh's source said at least 200 polling stations across Iran recorded participation rates of 95% or above. "This is generally considered scientifically impossible because out of every given cohort of 20 voters, there will be at least one who is either ill, out of the country, has recently died or is unable to participate for some other reasons," the source said. "It is also unprecedented in the history of Iran and all other democratic countries."

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yozhik · 19-06-2009, 01:37 AM

Wow ... seems the Bush administration DID find a buyer for some second hand, electronic, voting machines.

Iran just relived the 2004 US elections.

axomoxa · 19-06-2009, 08:20 AM

im not gona claim this as official results...obviously impossible to be sure...but this is whats on the reformists main website...in farsi though

where i got it from:
http://www.mowj.ir/ShowNews.php?7229

Total Votes :
37.4 Million (100%)= (81% of votes)

BlanK votes :
6.000.000 (0.6 %)

Mir Hussein Moussavi:
21.3 Million (57,2%)

Mahmud Ahmadinejad
10.5 Million (28%)

Mohsen Rezai
2.7 Million (7%)

Mehdi Kaaroubi
2.2 Million (6%)

19-06-2009, 01:34 AM	#1
mynameis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 6,553	Iran election turnouts exceeded 100% in 30 towns Iran election turnouts exceeded 100% in 30 towns, website reports At least 200 polling stations across Iran had participation rates of 95% or above, say sources of centrist Auyandeh site * Robert Tait * guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 17 June 2009 16.12 BST * Article history Iranian clerics check candidates' list before voting in Qom Iranian clerics check candidates' list before voting at the shrine of Hazrat-e Massoumeh, granddaughter of Muhammad in the city of Qom. Photograph: Damir Sagoli/Reuters Turnouts of more than 100% were recorded in at least 30 Iranian towns in last week's disputed presidential election, opposition sources have claimed. In the most specific allegations of rigging yet to emerge, the centrist Ayandeh website – which stayed neutral during the campaign – reported that 26 provinces across the country showed participation figures so high they were either hitherto unheard of in democratic elections or in excess of the number of registered electors. Taft, a town in the central province of Yazd, had a turnout of 141%, the site said, quoting an unnamed "political expert". Kouhrang, in Chahar Mahaal Bakhtiari province, recorded a 132% turnout while Chadegan, in Isfahan province, had 120%. Ayandeh's source said at least 200 polling stations across Iran recorded participation rates of 95% or above. "This is generally considered scientifically impossible because out of every given cohort of 20 voters, there will be at least one who is either ill, out of the country, has recently died or is unable to participate for some other reasons," the source said. "It is also unprecedented in the history of Iran and all other democratic countries." more... http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/200...ection-rigging __________________ I can no longer have fair and intelligent conversation with people here, without them resorting to the use of personal attacks. I have been targeted as a scapegoat for my defensive actions. I cannot discuss new topics and stop the rampant amounts of misinformation when it happens, where it applies. If it can happen to me it can happen to you.

19-06-2009, 01:37 AM	#2
yozhik Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Privately Posts: 11,438	Wow ... seems the Bush administration DID find a buyer for some second hand, electronic, voting machines. Iran just relived the 2004 US elections. __________________ Anarchism stands for liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from shackles and restraint of government. It stands for social order based on the free grouping of individuals. It [...] maintains that God, the State, and society are non-existent, that their promises are null and void, since they can be fulfilled only through man's subordination. - Emma Goldman

19-06-2009, 08:20 AM	#3
axomoxa Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 238	im not gona claim this as official results...obviously impossible to be sure...but this is whats on the reformists main website...in farsi though where i got it from: http://www.mowj.ir/ShowNews.php?7229 Total Votes : 37.4 Million (100%)= (81% of votes) BlanK votes : 6.000.000 (0.6 %) Mir Hussein Moussavi: 21.3 Million (57,2%) Mahmud Ahmadinejad 10.5 Million (28%) Mohsen Rezai 2.7 Million (7%) Mehdi Kaaroubi 2.2 Million (6%) __________________ There is no God higher than the Truth ~ Gandhi "Just because they're selling you BS does not mean you have to buy into it"~ Michael Tsarion RESISTANCE IS FeRTILE