 Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf finished second with 16.56% of the vote.Over 36.7 million Iranians voted, 72.71% of eligible voters.The Guardian Council screened 680 registered candidates, approving eight to run in the election; Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Ali Akbar Velayati, Saeed Jalili, Mohsen Rezaee, Mohammad Gharazi, Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Reza Aref.