2006 Tehran City Council election

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Islamic City Council of Tehran election, 2006
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  2003 15 December 2006 2013  

15 City Council seats
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47% [1]
Alliance Conservatives Reformists
Seats won
10 / 15
4 / 15
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 4

Chairman before election

Mehdi Chamran
Conservative

Elected Chairman

Mehdi Chamran
Conservative

An election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 15 December 2006, along with the local elections nationwide.

The council is elected by the plurality-at-large voting system. The Principlists gained 10 seats, while the Reformists won 4. Another seat went to Alireza Dabir who ran as an Independent, but was close to then mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. [2]

Results

#CandidateElectoral listVotes%
FLIL GCP PSS RC
15 Sitting Members
1 Mehdi Chamran Black check.svgBlack check.svg603,76636.45
2 Morteza Talaie Black check.svgBlack check.svg539,76132.58
3 Rasoul Khadem Black check.svg427,09725.78
4 Abbas Sheibani Black check.svgBlack check.svg394,45723.81
5 Hadi Saei Black check.svg384,35823.20
6 Hamzeh Shakib Black check.svgBlack check.svgBlack check.svg330,23319.93
7 Alireza Dabir 306,72918.52
8 Parvin Ahmadinejad Black check.svg242,50114.64
9 Masoumeh Ebtekar Black check.svg232,95914.06
10 Ahmad Masjed-Jamei Black check.svg216,01513.04
11 Mohammad Ali Najafi Black check.svg202,70012.24
12 Masoumeh Abad Black check.svgBlack check.svg201,75412.18
13 Hassan Bayadi Black check.svg200,39712.10
14 Khosrow Daneshjoo Black check.svgBlack check.svg200,17512.08
15 Habib Kashani Black check.svg197,28411.91
Alternative Members
16 Abdolmoghim Nasehi Black check.svgBlack check.svg195,83911.83
17 Hassan Ziari Black check.svgBlack check.svg188,22611.36
18 Mahmoud Khosravivafa Black check.svg173,32110.46
19Amir-Ali AmiriBlack check.svg160,9349.71
20Bahman AdibzadehBlack check.svg158,6269.57
21Mohsen VafamehrBlack check.svg154,8779.34
Defeated Candidates
22Abbas Masjedi-AraniBlack check.svgBlack check.svg153,0669.24
23 Mehrdad Bazrpash Black check.svg150,0889.06
24 Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani Black check.svg148,5058.96
25 Masoud Zaribafan Black check.svg147,6578.91
Total Votes1,656,558100
Source: BBC / Iran

References

  1. Majid, Mohammadi (2018), The Iranian Reform Movement: Civil and Constitutional Rights in Suspension, Springer, p. 255, ISBN   9783319909691
  2. Raz Zimmt (22 December 2006). "Election Results for the Assembly of Experts and Local Councils: Preliminary Appraisal". ACIS Iran Pulse. Retrieved 1 April 2017. The results in Tehran give the list of Qalibaf's followers ("Usulgarayan") eight of the 15 seats, the reformists' four and Ahmadinejad's followers two. Another seat went to an independent candidate, close to Qalibaf.