List of elections and referendums in Iran

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This is an overview of all elections and referendums held in Iran since the first time in 1906.

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Year DateElection Head of state Notes
1906July Parliament (I) Mozaffareddin Shah Revolution
1907 Mohammad Ali Shah
1908 Coup d'état
1909? Parliament (II) Ahmad Shah Civil War
1910
1911 Russian Occupation
1912
1913
1914? Parliament (III) World War I
British/Russian/Ottoman Occupation
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921? Parliament (IV) Coup d'état
1922
1923November Parliament (V) [lower-alpha 1]
1924
1925? Constituent Assembly (I) New dynasty established
1926?–27 June Parliament (VI) [lower-alpha 1] Reza Shah
1927
1928? Parliament (VII) [lower-alpha 2]
1929
1930? Parliament (VIII) [lower-alpha 2]
1931
1932? Parliament (IX) [lower-alpha 2]
1933
1934
1935? Parliament (X) [lower-alpha 2]
1936
1937? Parliament (XI) [lower-alpha 2]
1938
1939? Parliament (XII) [lower-alpha 2]
1940
1941? Parliament (XIII) [lower-alpha 2] Mohammad Reza Shah World War II
British/Soviet Occupation
1942
1943November–February Parliament (XIV)
1944
1945
1946
1947January–? Parliament (XV) [lower-alpha 3]
1948
1949? Constituent Assembly (II) [lower-alpha 3]
August–? Senate (I)
1950? Parliament (XVI) [lower-alpha 1]
1951
1952? Parliament (XVII) [lower-alpha 4]
19533–10 August Referendum (I) Coup d'état
1954? Parliament (XVIII) [lower-alpha 3]
Senate (II) [lower-alpha 3]
1955
1956? Parliament (XIX)
1957
1958
1959
1960? Senate (III)
30 July–20 August Parliament (XX) [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 5]
1961? Parliament (XX)
1962
196326 January Referendum (II)
17 September Parliament (XXI)
Senate (IV)
1964
1965
1966
19674 August Parliament (XXII)
Senate (V)
Constituent Assembly (III)
1968
1969
1970
19719 July Parliament (XXIII)
Senate (VI)
1972
1973
1974
197520 June Parliament (XXIV)
Senate (VII)
1976
1977
1978
197930–31 March Referendum (III) Ruhollah Khomeini Islamic Revolution
3 August Constituent Assembly (IV)
2–3 December Referendum (IV)
198025 January President (I) War with Iraq
14 March/9 May Parliament (XXV)
198124 July President (II)
2 October President (III)
198210 December Assembly of Experts (I)
1983
198415 April/17 May Parliament (XXVI)
198516 August President (IV)
1986
1987
19888 April/13 May Parliament (XXVII)
198928 July President (V) Ali Khamenei
Referendum (V)
19908 October Assembly of Experts (II)
1991
199210 April/8 May Parliament (XXVIII)
199311 June President (VI)
1994
1995
19968 March/19 April Parliament (XXIX)
199723 May President (VII)
199823 October Assembly of Experts (III)
199926 February Local (I)
200018 February/5 May Parliament (XXX)
20018 June President (VIII)
2002
200328 February Local (II)
200420 February/7 May Parliament (XXXI)
200517/24 June President (IX)
200615 December Assembly of Experts (IV)
Local (III)
2007
200814 March/25 April Parliament (XXXII)
200912 June President (X) [lower-alpha 6]
2010
2011
20122 March/4 May Parliament (XXXIII)
201314 June President (XI)
Local (IV)
2014
2015
201626 February/29 April Assembly of Experts (V)
Parliament (XXXIV)
201719 May President (XII)
Local (V)
2018
2019
202021 February/11 September Parliament (XXXV) COVID-19 pandemic
202118 June President (XIII)
Local (VI)
2022
2023
20241 March Assembly of Experts (VI)
1 March/10 May Parliament (XXXVI)
Scheduled Future Elections
202428 June President (XIV)

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Rigged in the shahrestans [1]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vast fraud nationwide by the court and military [1]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Fraudulent [1]
  4. Election suspended [1]
  5. Results annulled [1]
  6. Protests escalated for alleged manipulation

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