Iranian state media declares Ahmadinejad winner; rival also claims victory

[sabra]

Source: CBS News

BREAKING NEWS Iranian state media declares Ahmadinejad winner; rival also claims victory

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/

[VWolf]

1. Uh-oh

Why do I think this won't end well???

:scared:

[Doctor_J]

2. Shades of US 2000. Too bad Al Gore didn't have any Big Media support

Edit: Gore won the election, but the state-run media here declared Stupid the winner and the media won a victory over the people.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. Are we talking an outright win or a lead?

As I understand it, they have a run-off system. To declare an ultimate winner, the candidate would have to get 50%+1 vote in this round. Did that happen??

[TheWraith]

5. They're both claiming an outright win. nt

[Drunken Irishman]

7. Right now, with 20% of the vote in, Ahmadinejad has won 69% of the vote.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

8. As we all know from our own elections, this doesn't mean much.

But I sure don't have to like it.

[Inuca]

9. From AlJazeera

most o fthe early numbers come from the country side. Over 70% turnout.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

10. As I understand it, that might be good.

From what I've gathered, Moussavi's support is largely from more urban youths. I most certainly might have that wrong, however.

[Inuca]

11. Yes, Mousavi is a "dem" :-)

base of support in urban areas.

[ohio2007]

13. official results to be decalred saturday

so the runoff election of the top three vote getters may get t split hairs in the not to disant future.
Gotta find the link of how final counts shaped up last time around among the many canidates

[OKNancy]

4. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be the ultimate decider ( I bet)

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has had his own private opinion poll conducted and the results suggest that Mir Hussein Moussavi could be on the verge of a broad victory

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/updates-on-irans-presidential-election/

[fujiyama]

12. At the same time

when they asked who he was voting for, his ideal candidate sounded like Ahamedenijad. Hopefully in the next few years, Iranians will find a way to sack the mullahs completely. Bastards.

[bluestateguy]

6. This will not end well

nt

[question everything]

14. Who do they think they are: Florida, 2000? Minnesota 2008-09?

:evilfrown:

[David__77]

15. 35% counted, president leads 69% - 29%

I could see it closing considerable, but the incumbent would have to get less than 40% of the remaining votes to not win outright in the first round. Seems pretty unlikely.

[David__77]

16. Now it's certain, the president was re-elected.

He'd have to get less than a third of the remaining half of the votes outstanding. That's not going to happen.