TEHRAN – The number of people who have enrolled for candidacy in the May council elections has risen 11 percent compared to the previous round, according to the secretary of the election headquarters.

“The increase tells of an imminent high-turnout election,” Ali Pourali Motlaq said on Saturday, ISNA reported.

According to Motlaq, some 300,000 people enrolled as candidates this year, whereas it had been 256,000 four years ago. Tehran, Qom, and Qazvin’s increase rate was 21 percent each, he added.

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