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Assembly of Experts election were held in Iran on 26 February 2016 to elect Assembly of Experts members. The 88 members [2] of the Assembly of Experts, known as mujtahids, are directly elected. The elections had been planned for 2014, but were delayed by a year in order to hold them alongside the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections.
Iran, also called Persia, and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia. With over 81 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's 18th most populous country. Comprising a land area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), it is the second largest country in the Middle East and the 17th largest in the world. Iran is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the northeast by Turkmenistan, to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. The country's central location in Eurasia and Western Asia, and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, give it geostrategic importance. Tehran is the country's capital and largest city, as well as its leading economic and cultural center.
The Assembly of Experts —also translated as the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership or as the Council of Experts— is the deliberative body empowered to designate and dismiss the Supreme Leader of Iran. However all directly-elected members after the vetting process by the Guardian Council still have to be approved by the Supreme Leader of Iran before gaining membership to the Assembly of Experts.
The winning candidates of the elections, sitting until 2024, may have to choose the Next Supreme Leader of Iran, or at least plan for it. [3]
Election date | N. C. Registered | +/− | N. C. Qualified | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | 168 | 146 | 86.90 | |
1990 | 180 | 100 | ||
1998 | 396 | 160 | ||
2006 | 493 | 146 | ||
2016 | 801 | 166 |
For the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 801 aspirants registered to run in the elections. The number was a 62.47% increase compared to the previous election held in 2006. [5] Among the candidates there were 16 women, another unprecedented event. There have been no female members in the assembly since its establishment. [7]
One of the most dramatic changes in government in Iran's history was seen with the 1979 Iranian Revolution where Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown and replaced by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The patriotic monarchy was replaced by an Islamic Republic based on the principle of rule by Islamic jurists,, where clerics serve as head of state and in many powerful governmental roles. A pro-Western, pro-American foreign policy was exchanged for one of "neither east nor west", said to rest on the three "pillars" of mandatory veil (hijab) for women, and opposition to the United States and Israel. A rapidly modernizing, capitalist economy was replaced by a populist and Islamic economy and culture.
On December 31, 2015 the Guardian Council announced that the four-hour Ijtihad test would be held January 5, 2016 in Qom in order to indicate candidates with proper knowledge, specifying that no alternative test date would be offered. The Council invited 527 candidates to take the test, excluding the 152 who reportedly withdrew and 111 who were denied permission (for a total of 790). Of the 16 women who registered, 10 received invitations. [8]
The Guardian Council of the Constitution is an appointed and constitutionally mandated 12-member council that wields considerable power and influence in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Ijtihad is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning or the thorough exertion of a jurist's mental faculty in finding a solution to a legal question. It is contrasted with taqlid. According to classical Sunni theory, ijtihad requires expertise in the Arabic language, theology, revealed texts, and principles of jurisprudence, and is not employed where authentic and authoritative texts are considered unambiguous with regard to the question, or where there is an existing scholarly consensus (ijma). Ijtihad is considered to be a religious duty for those qualified to perform it. An Islamic scholar who is qualified to perform ijtihad is called a mujtahid.
Qom is the seventh metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located 140 km to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census its population was 1,201,158. It is situated on the banks of the Qom River.
Nearly 80% of candidates who applied for the Assembly were disqualified by the Guardian Council, including every woman and Hassan Khomeini. [10]
Sayyid Hassan Khomeini is an Iranian cleric. He has been called "the most prominent" grandchild of Ruhollah Khomeini, who had 15 grandchildren in total and the one "who many think could have a promising political future".
Four incumbent members were disqualified: [11]
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja.
Hujjat al-IslamSeyyed Mohammad Vaez Mousavi is an Iranian Shiite cleric and politician. He is a member of the 4th Assembly of Experts from electorate East Azerbaijan. Va'ez Mousavi won with 305,072 votes
Hassan Namazi is an Iranian Shiite cleric and politician. He is a member of the 4th Assembly of Experts from the West Azerbaijan electorate. Namazi won his membership with 360,952 votes.
Other famous disqualified candidates include: [11]
Disqualifications left nine constituencies with only one candidate per seat; in other terms 20% of seats would be won in an uncontested election. [12] Later the Ministry of the Interior declared that with the Guardian Council's approval, some qualified candidates changed their electoral district to make the election competitive in the destination constituency. [13]
University degree | Candidates (%) |
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Ph.D. | 103(12.85%) |
Master's | 95(11.86%) |
Bachelor's | 49(6.11%) |
Associate | 4(0.49%) |
Diploma | 88(10.98%) |
No degree (Only seminary education) | 462(57.67%) |
Gender | Candidates (%) |
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Male | 785(98%) |
Female | 16(2%) |
Status | Candidates (%) |
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Invited, Participated | 387(48.31%) |
Invited, Not Participated | 150(18.72%) |
Not Invited | 264(32.95%) |
Status | Candidates (%) |
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"Qualified" (تائید) | 166(20.72%) |
"Disqualified" (رد) | 207(25.84%) |
"Unlawful" (غیرمجاز) | 118(17.79%) |
Withdrew (انصرافی) | 158(19.72%) |
Absent in test (غیبت آزمون) | 150(18.72%) |
Unknown | 2(0.24%) |
In the previous election, The Two Societies endorsed 81 candidates in a joint statement and were able to win 69 seats out of 86. The reformists did not reach a coalition and lost the election. [17]
Along with the Parliamentary elections, it was the first election since the implementation of a landmark nuclear agreement between 5+1 and Iran that saw it curb sensitive nuclear activities in return for the lifting of sanctions against Iran. The deal was opposed by many hardliners but backed by moderates and reformists. [18]
In this election, contrary to the previous ones, The Two Societies did not reach a coalition and issued different lists. The main dispute between the two, was whether they should support Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani candidacy or not. Combatant Clergy Association supported Rafsanjani; the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom did not. There were three major electoral lists in the election: [20]
“ | A British radio is giving instructions to people of Tehran to ‘vote for that given person, [and] do not vote for that given person!’... [People] should know what the enemy wants; when you know what the enemy wants, you act contrarily; this is obvious”. | ” |
— Ali Khamenei,Remarks in meeting with people of East Azarbaijan Province [21] |
In a 17 February public speech, Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei warns of the subtle influence of foreign agents on the elections, stating that they are implementing new ploys in various ways to falsely polarize the election. He also condemned BBC Persian's programs on the elections and said that people will act differently from what they want. [22]
Hardliners attacked Ransanjani's list by calling it “The British list” (Persian : فهرست انگلیسی), implying that it is supported by the United Kingdom. [18]
Ahmad Khatami, the interim Friday prayer imam of Tehran spoke out in the Friday prayer: “British and foreign media outlets are asking our people not to vote for Jannati, Yazdi, Mesbah, Alamolhoda and I. This is none of your business; you nosy people should know that these five are the top choices of our people”. [23]
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani dismissed the charges and said "Such interpretations regarding British list (of candidates) is an insult to Iranian people's wisdom", in a meeting with the reformist and moderate candidates. He also deplored that 500 knowledgeable theologians and seminarians as well as university instructors were disqualified for the elections. [24] “They [the hard-liners] presently have no excuse to rage against us and insult us. Thus, they [the hard-liners] attribute phrases like ‘inside man’ and ‘British’ to the old revolutionaries... These figures have been defeated by the people and are now seeking to exact [their] revenge on the administration and President Rouhani”, he added. [23]
Despite the restrictions, reformists became well-organised to seek gains. [25] The reformists who were barred from public presence as a result of 2009 protests, tried to keep the flame alive online. The instant messaging service Telegram played an important role in the campaigning period. More than 20 million Iranians are reported to be on the messaging app. Mohammad Khatami, who is facing restrictions on activities and Iranian media (including State Television and Radio) are banned from mentioning his name or publishing the images him, released a video message online urging people to vote for “The List of Hope”, creating a huge momentum —The coalition of reformists and moderates, endorsed Rafsanjani's “People's Experts”. [25] [26] Khatami's message was viewed more than 3 million times on Telegram in one day. Another poster shared on the app was viewed by a million people in 12 hours. [26]
“ | Dear people of Iran, the country needs your vote, Let's decide on a hopeful future for Iran on Friday. | ” |
— Hassan Rouhani,Text message sent to almost every cell phone in Iran [19] |
Two days before the election, President Hassan Rouhani took to text message almost every cell phone to drum up support in Friday's elections, tacitly endorsing the moderate list of hope. [19]
According to the Associated Press , moderate clerics defeated hardliners and dominated the assembly with Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Hassan Rouhani, alongside 50 of their allies, securing 59% of the seats. [27] The moderates previously held around 20 seats in the assembly. [28]
In Tehran Province, Rafsnajani's People's Experts list received a landslide victory, winning 15 of 16 seats, [29] and were successful in establishing its "tactical/disapproval voting strategy", [30] causing Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi and Mohammad Yazdi to lose their seats. Considering the latter was Chairman of the Assembly of Experts, the voters also changed the officeholder. However, Ahmad Jannati placed 16th and got reelected. [18]
Compared to the previous term, 38% of the assembly has changed. Among the outgoing members, nine were deceased (among them Ali Meshkini and Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani), 13 did not compete in the election (four incumbents were disqualified, [11] like Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi and 9 did not seek reelection, most notably Abbas Vaez Tabasi) and 10 were not elected. [31]
According to a report published by the Iranian Students' News Agency , 27 seats went to Principlists while Reformists won 20 seats. 35 candidates were endorsed by both. Independent clerics who were not listed managed to win 6 seats. [32]
A statistical work on electoral lists by Khabaronline shows that The Two Societies have gained plurality. 27 seats were endorsed by all People's Experts, List of Hope, Combatant Clergy Association and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom lists. Combatant Clergy Association and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom won five and three exclusive seats respectively, while their joint lists won 24 seats. People's Experts won 19 exclusive seats. [29]
List | Seats Won | |||
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Exclusive | Shared | Total | ||
People's Experts/Hope | 19 | 27 | 46 / 88 (52%) | |
Combatant Clergy Association | 5 | 51 | 56 / 88 (64%) | |
Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom | 3 | 51 | 54 / 88 (61%) |
Another piece published by Khabaronline, indicates that Combatant Clergy Association leads the race winning 66 seats and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and People's Experts have won 64 and 55 seats respectively. People's Experts has 16 exclusive winning candidates, the number is 3 for Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom while Combatant Clergy Association has no exclusive seat. The Two Societies have 25 shared seats and 35 candidates are endorsed by all three lists. At last, only four members of the assembly would be independent. [33]
List | Seats Won | |||
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People's Experts/Hope | 15 | |||
Friends of Moderation | 14 | |||
Combatant Clergy | 11 | |||
Seminary Teachers | 9 | |||
Total Seats | 16 |
Tehran Province [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
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# | Candidates (27) [35] | Lists | Votes [36] | % | |||
CCA [37] | SST [38] | PE [39] | FoM [40] | ||||
1 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,301,492 | 51.13 | |
2 | Mohammed Emami-Kashani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,286,483 | 50.80 |
3 | Hassan Rouhani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,238,166 | 49.72 |
4 | Mohsen Qomi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,229,759 | 49.54 |
5 | Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,134,963 | 47.43 |
6 | Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,056,427 | 45.68 |
7 | Abolfazl Mir-Mohammadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,962,944 | 43.61 |
8 | Mohammad Reyshahri | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,952,563 | 43.38 |
9 | Ebrahim Amini | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,904,524 | 42.31 |
10 | Mahmoud Alavi | Yes | Yes | 1,706,855 | 37.92 | ||
11 | Nasrollah Shahabadi | Yes | 1,445,142 | 32.10 | |||
12 | Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,442,224 | 32.04 | |
13 | Mohsen Esmaeili | Yes | Yes | 1,422,935 | 31.61 | ||
14 | Mohammad-Hassan Zali | Yes | Yes | 1,354,756 | 30.09 | ||
15 | Hashem Bathaie Golpayenagi | Yes | Yes | 1,324,344 | 29.42 | ||
16 | Ahmad Jannati | Yes | Yes | 1,321,130 | 29.35 | ||
17? | Mohammad Yazdi | Yes | Yes | >1,208,643 | ? | ||
18? | Mohammad Sajjadi Ata-Abadi | Yes | Yes | >1,160,630 | ? | ||
19? | Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi | Yes | Yes | >985,692 | ? | ||
20? | Baqer Baqeri-Kani | Yes | Yes | >941,206 | ? | ||
21? | Ali Momenpour | Yes | >934,356 | ? | |||
22? | Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghadam | Yes | Yes | >923,248 | ? | ||
23? | Alireza Arafi | Yes | Yes | >884,914 | ? | ||
24? | Abbas-Ali Akhtari | >876,054 | ? | ||||
25? | Mohammad Reza Modarresi-Yazdi | Yes | Yes | >830,077 | ? | ||
26? | Mohammad-Ali Amin | Yes | ? | ? | |||
27? | Hashem Hamidi | Yes | ? | ? | |||
Blank or Invalid Votes [1] | 322,370 | 7.16 | |||||
Total Votes [36] | 4,500,894 |
List | Seats Won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
The Two Societies | 6 | |||
People's Experts/Hope | 3 | |||
Total Seats | 6 |
Razavi Khorasan Province | |||||||
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# | Candidates (10) [41] | Lists [42] [43] [44] | Votes [29] [45] | % | |||
CCA | SST | PE | R | ||||
1 | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi | Yes | 1,499,109 | 53.91 | |||
2 | Hassan Alemi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,285,990 | 46.24 | |
3 | Ahmad Alamolhoda | Yes | 1,235,565 | 44.43 | |||
4 | Ahmad Hosseini-Khorasani | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,180,249 | 42.44 | |
5 | Mojtaba Hosseini | Yes | 897,028 | 32.25 | |||
6 | Mohammad Hadi Abdekhodayi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 873,143 | 31.40 | |
7 | Mohammad Saeidi-Golpayegani | Yes | 728,894 | 26.21 | |||
8 | Ali Ghorbani | Yes | 681,131 | 24.49 | |||
9 | Mahmoud Madani-Bajestani | Yes | Yes | 675,809 | 24.30 | ||
10 | Mohammad Mehdi Abbasi | 132,586 | 4.76 | ||||
Total Votes [46] | 2,780,639 |
List | Seats Won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Combatant Clergy | 5 | |||
Seminary Teachers | 5 | |||
People's Experts/Hope | 3 | |||
Total Seats | 6 |
Khuzestan Province | |||||||
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# | Candidates (7) [41] | Lists | Votes | % | |||
CCA [47] | SST [48] | PE [43] | R [44] | ||||
1 | Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 783,004 | 39.28 |
2 | Abbas Kaebi | Yes | Yes | 713,521 | 35.79 | ||
3 | Mohsen Heidari Ale-Kathir | Yes | Yes | 668,417 | 33.53 | ||
4 | Ali Shafiei | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 606,294 | 30.41 |
5 | Abdolkarim Farhani | Yes | Yes | 551,502 | 27.66 | ||
6 | Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi | Yes | Yes | 448,825 | 22.51 | ||
7 | Ali Fallahian | Yes | ? | ||||
Total Votes [49] | 1,993,259 |
List | Seats Won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
The Two Societies | 4 | |||
People's Experts/Hope | 4 | |||
Total Seats | 5 |
East Azerbaijan Province | |||||||
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# | Candidates (6) [41] | Lists [50] [43] [44] | Votes [51] | % | |||
CCA | SST | PE | R | ||||
1 | Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari | Yes | 743,818 | 41.53 | |||
2 | Ali Malakouti | Yes | Yes | Yes | 688,700 | 38.45 | |
3 | Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 570,445 | 31.85 | |
4 | Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi | Yes | Yes | 476,888 | 26.63 | ||
5 | Mohammad Feyzi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 415,041 | 23.17 | |
6 | Javad Hajizadeh | Yes | 354,660 | 19.80 | |||
Blank or Invalid Votes [51] | 207,650 | 11.59 | |||||
Total Votes [51] | 1,790,789 |
List | Seats Won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
The Two Societies | 5 | |||
People's Experts/Hope | 2 | |||
Total Seats | 5 |
Isfahan Province | |||||||
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# | Candidates (14) [41] | Lists [47] [48] [43] [44] | Votes [52] | % | |||
CCA | SST | PE | R | ||||
1 | Yousef Tabatabaei | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,041,564 | 52.70 | |
2 | Abolhassan Mahdavi | Yes | 840,238 | 42.52 | |||
3 | Morteza Moghtadaei | Yes | Yes | Yes | 825,371 | 41.76 | |
4 | Abdolnabi Namazi | Yes | 822,961 | 41.64 | |||
5 | Mahmoud Abdollahi | Yes | 491,974 | 24.89 | |||
6 | Mohammad Omumi | 369,729 | 18.71 | ||||
7 | Abdolrasoul Ghassemi-Kajani | Yes | Yes | 363,121 | 18.37 | ||
8 | Hassan Shariati-Niasar | Yes | Yes | 353,805 | 17.90 | ||
9 | Mohammad Ali Faqihi | 324,772 | 16.43 | ||||
10 | Hamid Elahidoust | 287,360 | 14.54 | ||||
11 | Mohsen Faqihi | 126,569 | 6.40 | ||||
— | Asghar Matinpour | Yes | — | ||||
Blank or Invalid Votes [53] | 283,024 | 14.32 | |||||
Total Votes [53] | 1,976,061 |
List | Seats Won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
The Two Societies | 3 | |||
People's Experts/Hope | 3 | |||
Total Seats | 5 |
Fars Province | |||||||
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# | Candidates (8) [41] | Lists [47] [48] | Votes [54] | ||||
CCA | SST | PE | R | ||||
1 | Ali-Asghar Dastgheib | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,537,081 | ||
2 | Ahmad Beheshti | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,023,064 | ||
3 | Asadollah Imani | Yes | 955,206 | ||||
4 | Mohammad Faqih | Yes | Yes | 560,614 | |||
5 | Ali-Akabar Kalantari | 555,939 | |||||
6 | Ali Sheikh-Movahed | Yes | Yes | Yes | 527,092 | ||
7 | Gholamali Safaei-Boushehri | Yes | 525,597 | ||||
8 | Ali Edalat | Yes | Yes | 443,412 | |||
Total Votes [54] | 2,151,847 |
# | Candidates [41] | Lists [47] [48] [43] [44] | Votes [29] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CCA | SST | PE | R | ||||
Gilan Province (4) | |||||||
1 | Ali Hosseini-Eshkevari | Yes | Yes | Yes | 354,918 | ||
2 | Zeinolabedin Ghorbani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 331,283 | |
3 | Reza Ramezani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 330,606 | |
4 | Ahmad Parvaei | 305,073 | |||||
5 | Mehdi Rahnama | 249,471 | |||||
6 | Sadegh Alamolhoda | Yes | Yes | 194,679 | |||
7 | Hossein Radayi | 69,005 | |||||
Total Votes [55] | 1,173,241 | ||||||
Mazandaran Province (4) | |||||||
1 | Sadegh Larijani | Yes | 682,817 | ||||
2 | Nourollah Tabarsi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 612,673 | ||
3 | Ali Moallemi | Yes | 556,750 | ||||
4 | Rahim Tavakkol | Yes | Yes | 488,817 | |||
5 | Akbar Seifi-Mazandarani | Yes | 345,058 | ||||
6 | Sadegh Pishnamazi | Yes | Yes | 275,018 | |||
7 | Hossein Goli-Shirdar | Yes | Yes | 184,472 | |||
Total Votes [56] | 1,618,263 | ||||||
West Azerbaijan Province (3) | |||||||
1 | Ali Akbar Ghoreishi | Yes | 822,027 | ||||
2 | Asgar Dirbaz | Yes | 397,407 | ||||
3 | Javad Mojtahed Shabestari | 247,240 | |||||
4 | Mansour Mazaheri-Krouni | Yes | Yes | 237,279 | |||
5 | Abbas Rafati | Yes | 176,052 | ||||
Total Votes [57] | 1,511,652 | ||||||
Kerman Province (3) | |||||||
1 | Ahmad Khatami | Yes | 701,972 | ||||
2 | Mohammad Bahrami-Khoshkar | Yes | Yes | Yes | 672,608 | ||
3 | Amanollah Alimoradi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 559,656 | ||
4 | Jalil Sadr-Tabatabaei | Yes | Yes | 486,107 | |||
5 | Ahmad Shaykh Bahāʾī | 224,059 | |||||
Total Votes [58] | 1,310,234 | ||||||
Ardabil Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Hassan Ameli | Yes | Yes | Yes | 382,854 | ||
2 | Fakhraddin Mousavi | Yes | Yes | 254,462 | |||
3 | Sadegh Mohammadi-Jazeyi | Yes | ? | ||||
Total Votes [59] | 612,320 | ||||||
Alborz Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Mohammad-Mehdi Mirbagheri | Yes | 348,431 | ||||
2 | Mohsen Kazeroun | Yes | Yes | Yes | 282,856 | ||
3 | Sadegh Razzaghi | Yes | Yes | 234,398 | |||
4 | Mohammad-Ali Modarresi Mosalla | Yes | 183,777 | ||||
5 | Hossein Tajabadi | 56,357 | |||||
6 | Ali Rahmanifard | 55,170 | |||||
Total Votes [60] | 800,257 | ||||||
Sistan and Baluchestan Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Ali-Ahmadi Salami [lower-alpha 3] | Yes | Yes | Yes | 732,289 | ||
2 | Abbasali Soleimani | Yes | Yes | Yes | 417,867 | ||
3 | Mohammad Hossein Bayati | 201,088 | |||||
Total Votes [61] | 1,117,261 | ||||||
Qazvin Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Ali Eslami | Yes | 291,051 | ||||
2 | Majid Talkhabi | Yes | Yes | 209,726 | |||
3 | Mahmoud Rajabi | Yes | 170,612 | ||||
Total Votes [62] | 539,543 | ||||||
Kurdistan Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Faegh Rostami [lower-alpha 3] | Yes | Yes | 144,513 | |||
2 | Anvar Adami [lower-alpha 3] | 136,359 | |||||
3 | Abdolrahman Khodaei [lower-alpha 3] | Yes | Yes | Yes | 135,341 | ||
4 | Mohammad Hosseini-Shahroudi | Yes | 133,877 | ||||
5 | Eghbal Bahmani [lower-alpha 3] | 124,749 | |||||
Total Votes [63] | 620,458 | ||||||
Kermanshah Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Amanollah Narimani | Yes | Yes | 381,623 | |||
2 | Mahmoud Mahmoudi-Araghi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 272,292 | ||
3 | Alireza Mostashari | 263,438 | |||||
4 | Hassan Mamdouhi | Yes | 250,382 | ||||
Total Votes (Excluding blank or invalid votes) [64] | 448,355 | ||||||
Golestan Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Kazem Nourmofidi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 486,286 | ||
2 | Abdolhadi Mortazavi-Shahroudi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 365,881 | ||
3 | Hosseinali Saʾdī | 296,133 | |||||
Total Votes [65] | 1,148,300 | ||||||
Markazi Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Mohsen Araki | Yes | 242,146 | ||||
2 | Ahmad Mohseni Gorgani | Yes | Yes | Yes | 207,655 | ||
3 | Kazem Sepasi-Ashtiani | 182,231 | |||||
4 | Javad Mousavi | Yes | Yes | 176,207 | |||
5 | Ahmad Momen | 32,960 | |||||
Total Votes [66] | 634,545 | ||||||
Hamedan Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Mostafa Mousavi | Yes | 441,321 | ||||
2 | Ghiassedin Mohammadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 319,656 | ||
3 | Ali Razini | Yes | Yes | ≈215,000 | |||
4 | Habibollah Shaʾbani | ≈187,000 | |||||
Total Votes [67] | 845,253 | ||||||
Luristan Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Ahmad Moballeghi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 400,732 | ||
2 | Hashem Niazi | Yes | 382,523 | ||||
3 | Mohammad-Naghi Shahrokhi | Yes | Yes | 345,663 | |||
Total Votes [68] | 884,144 | ||||||
Ilam Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Mohsen Saeidi | Yes | 136,919 | ||||
2 | Mehdi Khatibi | 81,962 | |||||
Total Votes [69] | 323,811 | ||||||
Bushehr Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Hashem Boushehri | Yes | Yes | Yes | 374,147 | ||
2 | Gholamreza Fayyazi | 33,149 | |||||
Blank or Invalid Votes [lower-alpha 4] | 60,659 | ||||||
Total Votes [70] | 467,945 | ||||||
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Alireza Eslamian | Yes | 245,278 | ||||
2 | Reza Mokhtari-Esfidvajani | Yes | Yes | 162,673 | |||
3 | Mohammad Ali Khazayili | 16,673 | |||||
Total Votes [71] | 424,747 | ||||||
South Khorasan Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Ebrahim Raeesi | Yes | 325,048 | ||||
2 | Ebrahim Rabbani | Yes | Yes | 81,083 | |||
Total Votes [72] | 406,131 | ||||||
North Khorasan Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Habibollah Mehmannavaz | Yes | 176,136 | ||||
2 | Ali Mohammadi-Khorasani | Yes | Yes | 126,775 | |||
3 | Hamid Havali-Shahriari | 110,773 | |||||
Total Votes [73] | 448,355 | ||||||
Zanjan Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Mohammad Reza Doulabi | Yes | 193,558 | ||||
2 | Esmaeil Nouri-Zanjani | Yes | Yes | Yes | 175,498 | ||
3 | Abdollah Amirkhani | 76,932 | |||||
Total Votes [74] | 445,989 | ||||||
Semnan Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Mohammad Shahcheraghi | Yes | Yes | 224,215 | |||
2 | Abdolamir Khattat | 48,424 | |||||
Total Votes [75] | 325,049 | ||||||
Qom Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Mohammad Momen | Yes | 333,149 | ||||
2 | Maysam Doust-Mohammadi [lower-alpha 5] | 43,625 | |||||
Total Votes [77] | 472,549 | ||||||
Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Sharafeddin Malek-Hosseini | Yes | Yes | Yes | 327,864 | ||
2 | Mohammad Kazem Mousavinasab | 36,881 | |||||
Total Votes [78] | 400,617 | ||||||
Hormozgan Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Ruhollah Sadrossadati | 420,699 | |||||
2 | Gholamali Naeimabadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? [lower-alpha 6] | ||
Total Votes [80] | 763,152 | ||||||
Yazd Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Abolghassem Vafi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 328,206 | ||
2 | Mohammad Reza Mohassel | 101,325 | |||||
Total Votes [81] | 429,531 |
Turnout was officially declared 62%. The official results was disputed by BBC Persian columnist. [1]
On 24 May 2016, the Assembly held its new session to elect the chairman. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani did not put his name [85] and allegedly asked Ebrahim Amini to step forward for the office. [86] The results of the voting were as follows: [87]
Candidate | Votes |
---|---|
Ahmad Jannati | 51 / 88 (58%) |
Ebrahim Amini | 21 / 88 (24%) |
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi | 13 / 88 (15%) |
Blank or Invalid votes | 1 / 88 |
Absent voters | 2 / 88 |
The appointment of Ahmad Jannati signaled that despite recent gains by moderates, hard-liners remain the dominant force within the assembly. [85]
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