Elections in Iran

Elections in Iran
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Iranians campaigning in Tehran

Iran elects on national level a head of government (the president), a legislature (the Majlis), and an "Assembly of Experts" (which elects the head of state, the Supreme Leader). Also City and Village Council elections are held every 4 years throughout the country. The president is elected for a four year term by the people. The Parliament or Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis-e Shura-ye Eslami) has 290 members, elected for a four year term in multi- and single-seat constituencies. Elections for the Assembly of Experts are held every 8 years. All candidates have to be approved by the Guardian Council. See Politics of Iran for more details.

Until January 2007, when it was raised to 18, the voting age was 15 years, a world record.^[1]

1 Latest elections
2 Past elections
3 Local elections
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Latest elections

2008 Parliamentary election

Main article: Iranian legislative election, 2008

Victory of the Principalists (58,6 %) . Defeat of the Reformists (15,8%) whom 90 % were barred from running on the grounds that they were not sufficiently loyal to the regime.

Participation (first round of the elections) : 47 % of those eligible to vote (27 % in Tehran).

Participation (second round of the elections) : 8 % in Tehran.

2006 Assembly of Experts election

Main article: Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2006

2005 Presidential election

Main article: Iranian presidential election, 2005

e • d Summary of the 17 and 24 June 2005 Iranian Presidential election results
Candidates	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	6,211,937	21.13	10,046,701	35.93
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	5,711,696	19.43	17,284,782	61.69
Mehdi Karroubi	5,070,114	17.24	-	-
Mostafa Moeen	4,095,827	13.93	-	-
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	4,083,951	13.89	-	-
Ali Larijani	1,713,810	5.83	-	-
Mohsen Mehralizadeh	1,288,640	4.38	-	-
Blank or invalid votes	1,224,882	4.17	663,770	2.37
Total (turnout 62.66% and 59.6%)	29,400,857	100	27,959,253	100

2004 Parliamentary election

Main article: Iranian legislative election, 2004

e • d Summary of 14 March/25 April 2008 Majlis of Iran election results
Orientiation of candidates	Seats (1st rd)	Seats (2nd rd)	Seats (Total)
Unified Principalists Front	90	27	117
Broad Principalists Coalition	42	11	53
Reformists	31	15	46
Independents	40	29	69
Armenians recognized minority religion	2		2
Chaldean and Assyrian Catholic recognized minority religion	1		1
Jewish recognized minority religion	1		1
Zoroastrian recognized minority religion	1		1
Total (Turnout: 60%)	208	82	290
Source: IPU

Past elections

v • d • e Iranian presidential elections

1980 · 1981 (Jul) · 1981 (Oct) · 1985 · 1989 · 1993 · 1997 · 2001 · 2005 · 2009

Iranian parliamentary elections

1909 · 1923 · 1962 · 1975 · 1980 · 1984 · 1988 · 1992 · 1996 · 2000 · 2004 · 2008

Iranian Assembly of Experts elections

1983 · 1991 · 1999 · 2006

Iranian referendums

1963 · 1979 (Mar) · 1979 (Nov) · 1989