1970 Iranian local elections

1970 Iranian local elections

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960 council seats in 150 local Councils
First party Second party   Leader Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Asadollah Alam Party New Iran Party People's Party Seats won 838 96 Seat change 32 30

The second ^[1] local elections in Iran, and the first to elect the members of provincial and township councils (Anjoman), were held in September 1970. ^[2] 960 seats for 150 councils were up for election. ^[2]

Results

According to Rouhollah K. Ramazani, New Iran Party gained more than 60% of the votes and 300 out of 960 seats ^[2] while Dishon et al reported the number of seats won by each party as the following:

Party	Seats	Share (%)
New Iran Party	838	88.86
People's Party	96	10.18
Independents	9	0.95
Total	943	100
Source: Dishon et al. [3]

By Province

Province	Seats
	New Iran Party	People's Party	Nonpartisan
Central	183 / 229	43 / 229	3 / 229
Khorasan	207 / 261	44 / 261	10 / 261
Esfahan	110 / 138	26 / 138	2 / 138
East Azerbaijan	179 / 252	79 / 252	0 / 252
Khuzestan	120 / 157	37 / 157	0 / 157
Mazandaran	178 / 209	31 / 209	0 / 209
Fars	139 / 160	9 / 160	12 / 160
Gilan	107 / 154	47 / 154	3 / 154
West Azerbaijan	107 / 132	25 / 132	0 / 132
Kerman	70 / 91	21 / 91	0 / 91
Kermanshah	58 / 83	24 / 83	1 / 83
Coastal	54 / 74	20 / 74	0 / 74
Sistan & Baluchestan	32 / 64	32 / 64	0 / 64
Kordestan	80 / 86	4 / 86	2 / 86
Hamedan	70 / 91	21 / 91	0 / 91
Lorestan	56 / 73	17 / 73	0 / 73
Zanjan	54 / 56	2 / 56	0 / 56
Yazd	37 / 41	4 / 41	0 / 41
Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari	33 / 34	1 / 34	0 / 34
Semnan	29 / 29	0 / 29	0 / 29
Ilam	8 / 35	25 / 35	2 / 35
Boyer-Ahmad & Kohgiluyeh	22 / 23	1 / 23	0 / 23
Total	1,927 / 2,472	510 / 2,472	35 / 2,472
Source: Ministry of Interior [4]

References

1. "Village, City/Town, Township/Provincial Councils", Iran Almanac and Book of Facts, Echo of Iran, 1974, p. 102
2. Ramazani, Rouhollah K. (1974). "Iran's 'White Revolution': a Study in Political Development". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 5 (2): 124–139 (subscription required). JSTOR   162585.
3. Dishon, Daniel, ed. (1977), Middle East Record: 1969–1970, vol. 5, Israel Oriental Society, Reuven Shiloah Research Center, pp. 682–684, ISBN   9780470216118
4. Statistical Yearbook of Iran 1352 (March 1973 – March 1974) (PDF), Statistical Center of Iran, June 1976, Chapter IXL: Politics, Table 10: Members of the 1st Shahrestan Councils by Affiliation to Political Parties and Administrative Divisions, 1349, p. 510 – via The Iran Social Science Data Portal