 Candidates need to win 50% of the vote, but both hovered around the 40% mark, with Mr. Pozeshkin narrowly ahead. Turnout in Friday's vote was exceptionally low, as Siavash Adolan from BBC Persian explains. This is just unprecedented, especially given the fact that the Supreme Leader had come out a few days before the election saying that we want people to turn out, because if they turn out, then that will prove that the people are still loyal to the system, whereas a low turnout is bad news for us.