Iranian legislative election, 1984

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Iranian legislative election, 1984
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All 270 seats of Islamic Consultative Assembly
136 seats needed for a majority
Registered 24,143,498 [1]
Turnout 64.64% [1]

 First party
 
Leader Ali Khamenei
Party Islamic Republican Party
Leader since1981
Leader's seatDid 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]

Iran Country in Western Asia

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.

Islamic Republican Party political party

The Islamic Republican Party formed in mid-1979 to assist the Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini establish theocracy in Iran. It was disbanded in May 1987 due to internal conflicts.

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]

Freedom Movement of Iran

The Freedom Movement of Iran (FMI) or Liberation Movement of Iran is an Iranian pro-democracy political organization founded in 1961, by members describing themselves as "Muslims, Iranians, Constitutionalists and Mossadeghists". It is the oldest party still active in Iran and has been described as a "semi-opposition" or "loyal opposition" party. It has also been described as a "religious nationalist party".

An election boycott is the boycotting of an election by a group of voters, each of whom abstains from voting.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Islamic Republican Party 130+45
Independents1400
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total15,815,9861002700
Registered voters/turnout24,300,00065.1––
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. 1 2 "1984 Parliamentary Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, 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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