Ahmadinejad wins landslide in Iran poll

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won Iran's most hotly contested presidential election with 62.63 per cent of the vote, Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli said on Saturday.

In second place behind the hardline incumbent was moderate ex-premier Mir Hossein Mousavi with 33.75 per cent, he said.

He said 39.1 million votes were cast on Friday, representing a turnout of 85 per cent across the country.

Ahmadinejad garnered a massive 24.5 million votes against 13.2 million for Mousavi.

The former head of the Revolutionary Guards Mohsen Rezai came third with 678,240 votes or 1.73 per cent, while reformist ex-parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi was last with 333,635 votes or 0.85 per cent.