1984 Iranian legislative election

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1984 Iranian legislative election
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All 270 seats in the Islamic Consultative Assembly
136 seats needed for a majority
Registered24,143,498 [1]
Turnout64.64% [1]
 First partySecond party
  President Ali Khamenei speech at 2nd legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Cropped).jpg
Leader Ali Khamenei Mehdi Karroubi
Party Islamic Republican Party Office for Strengthening Unity
Alliance Right Left
Leader since1981
Leader's seatDid not standDid not stand
Last election85
Seats won130
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 45
Percentage48.14%
Prime Minister before election

Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Islamic Republican Party

Elected Prime Minister

Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Islamic Republican Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 15 April 1984, with a second round on 17 May. [2] The majority of seats were won by independents, whilst the Islamic Republican Party was the only party to win seats. Voter turnout was 65.1% in the first round. [3]

Contents

The Freedom Movement of Iran declared that it would boycott the elections after its headquarters was attacked and the authorities refused to permit the party to hold two seminars. [4]

Background

The election was held under conditions of severe sanctions on politic and economical sector as well as war with Iraq's Baathist government (Iran-Iraq War). This election was also first time since the 1979 revolution where only left or right religious parties was allowed to participate (as other political parties were banned and even dissolved before this election).

Conduct

The election was held under conditions of war with Iraq's Baathist government (Iran-Iraq War), caused many cities in border with Iraq were severely destroyed (or could not hold direct election). Therefore. this election was conducted with two ways :

  1. Direct national election (for areas that were not heavily affected by war and also for religious minorities seats)
  2. Indirect national election (for areas that were heavily affected by war -mainly in border with Iraq-)

Out of 193 constituencies, 187 (including 5 electoral districts for religious minorities ) hold direct election while the six others hold indirect elections. These six were :

  1. Mehran (Ilam & Mehran constituency) – Ilam province
  2. Dehloran (Dehloran & Darreh Shahr constituency) – Ilam province
  3. Abadeh (Abadeh constituency) – Fars province
  4. Susangerd (Dasht-e-Azadegan constituency) – Khuzestan province
  5. Khorramshahr (Khorramshahr constituency) – Khuzestan province
  6. Qasr-e-Shirin (Qasr-e-Shirin & Sarpol-e-Zahab constituency) – Kermanshah province

Results

130 seats were elected in second round.

National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1984 election.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Islamic Republican Party 130+45
Independents1400
Total2700
Total votes15,815,986–
Registered voters/turnout24,300,00065.09
Source: Nohlen et al.

Aftermath

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani remained in his position as Speaker of Majlis

During the term of the Majlis, five by-elections were held.

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References

  1. 1 2 "1984 Parliamentary Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, archived from the original on 2012-05-30, retrieved 10 August 2015
  2. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p68 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
  3. ↑ Nohlen et al., p69
  4. ↑ Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 296. ISBN   1850431981.
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