Elections in Iran
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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.
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[edit] 2006 Councils and Assembly of Experts election
The elections for electing City and Village Councils (who elect mayors) and the Assembly of Experts (who elect the Supreme Leader) is planned to take place at the same time on December 15, 2006.
[edit] 2005 Presidential election
| Candidates | Votes 1st round | % | Votes 2nd round | % |
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| 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 |
- More info: Iranian presidential election, 2005
[edit] 2004 Majlis election
| Orientiation of candidates | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Conservatives | 156 | ||
| Reformists | 39 | ||
| Independents | 31 | ||
| Elected in second round | 59 | ||
| Armenians recognized minority religion | 2 | ||
| Chaldean and Assyrian Catholic recognized minority religion | 1 | ||
| Jewish recognized minority religion | 1 | ||
| Zoroastrian recognized minority religion | 1 | ||
| Total (Turnout around 50 %) | 290 | ||
| Source: IPU | |||
[edit] Past elections
- Iranian presidential election, 1980
- Iranian presidential election, July 1981
- Iranian presidential election, October 1981
- Iranian presidential election, 1985
- Iranian presidential election, 1989
- Iranian presidential election, 1993
- Iranian presidential election, 1997
- Iranian presidential election, 2001
