A recently conducted poll shows that three of the six candidates for Iran’s presidency have more chance to get elected, with Saeed Jalili leading the race and Qalibaf and Pezeshkian tightly following him respectively.
According to the results of a newly carried out poll by “Poll of Polls,” published in the English-language state media of Iran, Press TV, three of the six candidates for Iran’s presidency appeared to have more chance to get elected and replace Late president Ebrahim Raisi.
The interview-based pre-election survey which was published this Sunday showed that Saeed Jalili, Iranian politician who previously served as the head of the country’s security body as well as the lead nuclear negotiator during the Ahmadinejad administration, is leading the race ahead of other contenders.
Among those participants in the poll who said they would definitely vote for someone in June 28 presidential election, 22.5 percent indicated they would surely choose Jalili over other candidates.
The next favorite candidate among the voters was Qalibaf, the current parliament speaker, with 19.5 percent of respondents saying they would definitely vote for him.
Qalibaf was closely followed by Pezeshkian, the parliamentarian from northwestern Iran’s Tabriz city, with 19.4 percent of the respondents favoring him over other candidates.
There will be a tight race among Jalili, Qalibaf, and Pezeshkian
As the numbers reveal, it could be a tight race between Jalili, Qalibaf, and Pezeshkian, which could even lead to a second round of voting.
Other candidates with lower votes compared to the top three were Amir-Hossein Qazizadeh Hashemi, the former lawmaker and current head of the foundation for martyrs and veterans. He received 2.7 percent of the votes. Alireza Zakani, a former lawmaker and the current Mayor of Tehran, was next on the list, with 2.2 percent of respondents saying they would vote for him.
The lowest chance o election belonged to Mostafa Pourmohammadi, the former minister of interior affairs and justice, with only 0.9 percent of respondents favoring his presidency. The survey also indicated that 1.4 percent of respondents said they would vote for one of the candidates but they were still doubtful which one they would choose.
In addition, 0.7 percent of respondents said they would tae part in the presidential election but would vote for none of the candidates, which means they would cast a “white vote” (blank vote) on June 28.
Last but not least, the survey also revealed that a significant 28.4 percent said they would surely turn out on June 28 to vote but were still undecided about their preferred candidate.
