The final results of Iran's closely-contested 10th presidential election indicate that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won a landslide victory.
"Of 39,165,191 votes counted (85 percent), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the election 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), he added.
The two were followed by Mohsen Rezaei with 678,240 votes (1.73 percent) and Mehdi Karroubi with 333,635 votes (0.85 percent), the minister said.
He put the void ballots at 409,389 (1.04 percent).
Over 46 million Iranians aged 18 and older were eligible to vote in Friday's presidential election.
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