Iranian President Hasan Rouhani won a resounding re-election victory on Saturday, according to final results.

Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli announced that Rouhani obtained 23,549,616 votes, 57 percent — compared to 15,786,449 — 38.3 percent — for his rival Ebrahim Raeisi, a principles candidate.

The interior minister went on to say that Mostafa Mirsalim and Mostafa Hashemi Tab, two other hopefuls, won 478,215 and 215,450 votes respectively.

Out of over 56 million Iranians who were eligible to vote, over 40 millions took part in the event, a huge 73 percent turnout on Friday which forced authorities to extend polling by several hours.

The 12th presidential election was held nationwide and in 102 world countries on May 19.

The presidential candidates included President Hasan Rouhani, Custodian of the Imam Reza (AS) Holy Shrine Ebrahim Raeisi, former minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mostafa Mirsalim and former Minister of Physical Education Mostafa Hashemi Taba.

First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri and Mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf were other presidential candidates who quit the presidential race to support their favorite candidates (Rouhani and Raeisi respectively.)

Source: Agencies