Piranshahr and Sardasht | |
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Electoral district Constituency for the West Azerbaijan | |
West Azerbaijan Province | Piranshahr County and Sardasht County |
Current constituency | |
Assembly Members | Rasoul Khezri |
Piranshahr and Sardasht (electoral district) is the 4th electoral district in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran. It has a population of 235,229 and elects 1 member of parliament.
West Azerbaijan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the northwest of the country, bordering Turkey, Iraq and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as well as the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan and Kurdistan. The province is part of Region 3. It is separated from Armenia by Turkey's short border with the Azerbaijan Republic. The province of West Azerbaijan covers an area of 39,487 km², or 43,660 km² including Lake Urmia. In 2012 the province had a population of about 3 million (estimate). The capital city and largest city of the province is Urmia.
The Islamic Consultative Assembly, also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Parliament currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 272 seats since the 18 February 2000 election. The most recent election took place on 26 February 2016 and the new parliament was opened on 28 May 2016.
MP in 1980 from the electorate of Piranshahr and Sardasht. (1st)
MP in 1984 from the electorate of Piranshahr and Sardasht. (2nd)
MP in 1988 from the electorate of Piranshahr and Sardasht. (3rd)
MP in 1992 from the electorate of Piranshahr and Sardasht. (4th)
MP in 1996 from the electorate of Piranshahr and Sardasht. (5th)
MP in 2000 from the electorate of Piranshahr and Sardasht. (6th)
MP in 2004 from the electorate of Piranshahr and Sardasht. (7th)
MP in 2008 from the electorate of Piranshahr and Sardasht. (8th)
MP in 2012 from the electorate of Piranshahr and Sardasht. (9th)
Iranian legislative election, 2016 [1] | ||||||
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# | Candidate | List(s) | Votes | % | ||
Rasoul Khezri | Independent politician | 27,760 |
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