Iranian presidential election goes into a runoff after reformist candidate gets the most votes

The reformist candidate in Iran's presidential election won the most votes in the first round and will face the candidate who came in second in a runoff election next week. 

Iran held the presidential election on Friday, but none of the four candidates got over 50% of the total votes, which means a runoff election will occur, according to CNN.

Former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili will face Reformist politician Masoud Pezeshkian in a runoff election July 5.

In the first round of votes, Jalili received 38.6% of the votes and Pezeshkian got 42.5%. 

Voter turnout was low at 40% as about 24 million voters of the 60 million eligible cast their ballots. 

The election was held due to the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi last month in a helicopter crash.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials also died in the crash on May 19.