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An Iranian election campaign helper, left, distributes electoral leaflets of a group of candidates in parliamentary runoff elections, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. The runoff elections will be held for 65 parliamentary seats on May 4, as 225 were decided in elections on March 2 in which conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed control of the house. (AP)
Final results for many constituencies in Iran's parliamentary runoff elections show conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winning a solid majority of seats and cementing their hold on the legislature.
The parliament has no direct control over major policy matters like Iran's nuclear program, but it can influence the run-up to the election of Ahmadinejad's successor in 2013.
Of 65 seats for grabs in Friday's runoff election, Ahmadinejad's opponents won 20 while the president's supporters got only 8 seats. Independents won 11, according to the state media early Saturday. Results for the rest were expected later in the day.
Ahmadinejad's opponents had already won an outright majority in the 290-member legislature in the first round of voting in March.
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