text:  That's quite true. And it would be hard to imagine turnout getting much worse than the first round, in which none of four candidates managed to achieve an outright victory. Pozeshkin and Jalili were the ones who advanced to the runoff. This time turnout was a bit larger, but still below 50% of eligible voters. That's low for Iran. It's a clear message voters preferred the reformed candidate, but many still see no reason to vote.