1998 Iranian Assembly of Experts election in Tehran province

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1998 Assembly of Experts election
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 199023 October 1998 2006  
Turnout39.45%
 Majority partyMinority party
 
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Leader Mahdavi Kani & Yazdi Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Party Combatant Clergy Association & Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Executives of Construction Party
Seats won
13 / 16
9 / 16

The third elections for the Assembly of Experts in Tehran Province was held on 23 October 1998 [1] to elect 16 representatives in the constituency. The result was a victory for the conservatives. Allied institutions the Combatant Clergy Association and the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom supported candidates jointly, while the Association of Combatant Clerics and the Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers whose most members were disqualified by the Guardian Council did not support any candidates. Executives of Construction Party was the only reformist group that competed in the election.

The voter turnout was declared 39.45% in the constituency. [1]

Results

#CandidateElectoral list(s)Votes%Notes
ECP CCA SST
1 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Black check.svgBlack check.svgBlack check.svg1,682,88260.10Elected
2 Ali Meshkini Black check.svgBlack check.svgBlack check.svg1,240,52444.30
3 Mohammad Reyshahri Black check.svgBlack check.svgBlack check.svg1,212,24943.29
4 Mohammad Emami-Kashani Black check.svgBlack check.svgBlack check.svg1,179,56642.12
5 Mohammad Yazdi Black check.svgBlack check.svg1,124,62040.16
6 Ahmad Jannati Black check.svgBlack check.svg1,047,23237.40
7 Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli Black check.svg931,84533.28
8 Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi Black check.svgBlack check.svg889,06531.75
9 Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi Black check.svgBlack check.svg882,67231.52
10 Majid Ansari Black check.svg835,03729.82
11 Mohsen Kharazi Black check.svgBlack check.svgBlack check.svg765,80227.35
12 Bagher Asadi-Khonsari Black check.svgBlack check.svg764,63327.31
13 Mohammad Mohammadi-Gilani Black check.svgBlack check.svgBlack check.svg693,17324.75
14 Reza Ostadi Black check.svgBlack check.svg636,65122.74
15 Mohsen Qomi Black check.svg633,77422.63
16 Gholamreza Rezvani Black check.svgBlack check.svg606,73521.67
Mohammad-Javad Hojjati-Kermani Black check.svgUn­knownDefeated
Ali Hojjati-KermaniBlack check.svg
Mousavi-BojnourdiBlack check.svg
SaghafiBlack check.svg
Ma'refatBlack check.svg
GhazizadehBlack check.svg
MarviBlack check.svg
AnvariBlack check.svgBlack check.svg
Mohammad Momen Black check.svgBlack check.svg
Hossein Rasti-Kashani Black check.svgBlack check.svg
Blank Votes85,0473.04
Invalid Votes68,6892.45
Total Votes2,800,267100
Source: Results via IRNA / lists via IRNA, Hamshahri and Hamshahri

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References

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