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TEHRAN: Iranian conservatives were on Saturday heading for a
crushing victory in parliamentary elections over reformists who were
sidelined by mass pre-vote disqualifications, partial results
showed. Eighty-two seats in the 290 seat parliament were at stake in
the run-off voting on Saturday after the first round on March 14
left conservatives assured of taking a majority in the next
parliament. Conservatives were set to take 10 out of the 11 seats in
the capital Tehran, having already swept up all 19 of the seats that
were available in the first round, election officials said.
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