Iranian legislative election, 2020 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)

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2020 legislative election
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  2016 21 February 2020 (2020-02-21) 2021  
Alliance Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces Front of Islamic Revolution Stability Campaign for Justice-seeking Parliament
Seats won
23 / 30
11 / 30
1 / 30
Alliance People's Coalition Coalition For Iran Friends of Hashemi
Seats won
0 / 30
0 / 30
0 / 30

This is an overview of the 2020 Iranian legislative election in Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district. In the election, all 30 seats were decided in the first round and went to the unity list jointly endorsed by the Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces and the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.

Contents

Turnout

The election was noted being held two days after acknowledgement of COVID-19 spread in Iran, as well as for its low turnout, which was the lowest nationwide amidst the lowest national turnout for decades. [1] The turnout was interpreted as a possible sign of apathy and widespread dissatisfaction with the establishment. [1]

Official turnout in the constituency was put at 25.4% by the interior minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, who was quoted by the AP as saying "we believe that the number of votes and the turnout is absolutely acceptable". [1] Ali Motahari, an outgoing MP for the constituency, expressed his regret that only 18% of eligible voters in the city of Tehran had showed up at the polling place, of whom 8% had cast spoilt ballots. [2]

Results

Campaign for Justice-seeking Parliament candidates Edalatkhahan-list-1536x1088.jpg
Campaign for Justice-seeking Parliament candidates
#CandidateList(s) [3] Votes [4] %
Elected Members
1 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Proud Iran 1,265,28768.69
2 Mostafa Mir-Salim Proud Iran 892,31848.45
3 Morteza Aghatehrani Stability Front 868,02547.13
4 Elias Naderan Proud Iran / Stability Front 841,95645.71
5 Mohsen Dehnavai Proud Iran / Stability Front 829,29245.02
6 Mahmoud Nabavian Proud Iran / Stability Front 821,20344.58
7 Ehsan Khandouzi Proud Iran 801,69643.53
8 Eghbal Shakeri Proud Iran 795,21143.17
9 Abolfazl Amouyi Proud Iran 792,96443.05
10 Bijan Nobaveh-Vatan Stability Front 792,56543.03
11 Mojtaba Tavangar Proud Iran 789,91342.89
12 Fatemeh Rahbar Proud Iran 787,48542.75
13 Mohsen Pirhadi Proud Iran 785,45042.64
14 Rouhollah Izadkhah Justice Seekers / Stability Front 784,45642.59
15 Ahmad Naderi Proud Iran 783,54542.54
16 Abdolhossein Rouhalamini Proud Iran 779,47942.32
17 Nezameddin Mousavi Proud Iran / Stability Front 778,61842.27
18 Zohreh Elahian Proud Iran 773,26341.98
19 Malek Shariati Proud Iran 768,13941.70
20 Mehdi Sharifian Proud Iran 760,01641.26
21 Reza Taghavi Proud Iran 753,30740.90
22 Somayeh Rafiei Proud Iran 742,97540.34
23 Ali Yazdikhah Proud Iran 742,39440.31
24 Ali Khezrian Stability Front 740,03340.18
25 Reza Taghipour Stability Front 728,23839.54
26 Fatemeh Ghasempour Proud Iran 726,00739.42
27 Mojtaba Rezakhah Proud Iran 723,72939.29
28 Zohreh Lajevardi Stability Front 714,93138.82
29 Gholamhossein Rezvani Stability Front 711,60838.63
30 Ezzatollah Akbari Talarposhti Proud Iran 642,21434.87
Defeated candidates
31 Vahid Yaminpour People's Coalition / Stability Front 296,02116.07
32 Hamid Rasaee People's Coalition 219,64811.93
33Ali Jafari Stability Front 150,4228.17
34 Alireza Mahjoub For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 95,3935.18
35Mohammad-Sadegh Shahbazi Justice Seekers / Stability Front 86,1804.68
36 Majid Ansari For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 69,1513.75
37 Soheila Jolodarzadeh For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 67,8203.68
38 Mostafa Kavakebian For Iran 61,3963.33
39 Mohammad Hosseini People's Coalition 55,4313.01
40Mohammad Aghamiri Proud Iran 51,4062.79
41 Mehdi Kouchakzadeh People's Coalition 49,3262.68
42Ali Shamsipour Proud Iran 47,5112.58
43Mostafa Zamanian Proud Iran 46,7912.54
44Vahid Ashtari Justice Seekers 46,5882.53
45Hossein Pirhadi45,9562.50
46Mohammad-Sadegh Koushki45,8122.49
47Soudeh Najafi Proud Iran 44,9142.44
48 Kioumars Hashemi Proud Iran 44,5622.42
49Atefeh Khademi Proud Iran 37,6632.04
50 Zahra Saei For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 36,2391.97
51 Mohammad Reza Badamchi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 35,6751.94
52 Parvaneh Mafi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 33,6091.82
53 Mohammad-Ali Vakili For Iran 31,9491.73
54 Farideh Oladghobad For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 31,5971.72
55 Mohammad-Hossein Moghimi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 31,0931.69
56 Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani For Iran 30,5371.66
57Mehdi Zaribaf People's Coalition / Stability Front 30,4751.65
58 Farid Mousavi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 28,8481.57
59Mohammad Aghamiri28,5251.55
60 Mohammad Reza Najafi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 24,4801.33
61 Hassan Tarighat Monfared People's Coalition / Justice Seekers 24,4131.33
62 Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghaddam Economy and People's Livelihood23,1021.25
63Afshin Ala' For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 22,8971.24
64 Davoud Mohammadi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 21,6941.18
65Vahid Toutounchi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 20,0391.09
66 Abolfazl Soroush For Iran 19,4591.06
67Saeid Bagheri For Iran 18,0320.98
68Mohammad-Reza Sharifi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 17,8430.97
69Mohammad-Hossein Sheikhmohammadi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 17,5070.95
70Azam Samsami For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 16,8060.91
71 Mehdi Sheykh For Iran 16,6660.90
72Mohammad-Hadi Enteshari For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 16,3810.89
73 Mohammad-Javad Abtahi Stability Front 16,3770.89
74Amir Asgari For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 16,3130.89
75Fakhreddin Saberi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 15,4470.84
76Mehdi Sarrami Stability Front 14,0280.76
77Hassan Ansari For Iran 13,7370.75
78 Mohammad Soleimani People's Coalition / Stability Front 55,240.74
79Mohammad-Reza Rezvani12,8140.70
80 Mohsen Alijani-Zamani For Iran 12,1330.66
81Ali Dastani For Iran 11,4830.62
82Mohammad-Reza Asnafi Justice Seekers 10,9230.59
83Mojtaba Ghasempour10,3770.56
84Mahdi Movahedi Beknazar Justice Seekers 10,0730.55
85 Laleh Eftekhari Economy and People's Livelihood10,0170.54
86 Elham Aminzadeh Economy and People's Livelihood9,8040.53
87Firouz Aslani Stability Front 9,7610.53
88Mohsen Badreh Justice Seekers 9,5140.52
89Habib Sohrabi-Parsa For Iran 9,1310.50
90Hossein Hajilou Justice Seekers 9,0460.49
91 Sadeq Khalilian People's Coalition 8,8910.48
92Ali-Hossein Rezaeian8,8580.48
93Hossein Razavipour Justice Seekers 8,7760.48
94Reza Kalhor Justice Seekers 8,6720.47
95Davoud Manzour People's Coalition / Justice Seekers 8,6630.47
96Ali-Asghari Pourezzat Justice Seekers 8,3040.45
97Seyyed Mia'ad SalehiEconomy and People's Livelihood8,1230.44
98Abolfazl Zohrevand People's Coalition 8,0910.44
99Saeid Karami Proud Iran / People's Coalition 7,9500.43
100Ahmad-Reza Aref7,8980.43
1159 other candidates<7,800<0.42
Blank or Invalid VotesNot announced
Total Votes [5] 1,841,891100

Notes and references

    1. 1 2 3 "Iran says voter turnout dips below 50% in a first since 1979", The Associated Press, 23 February 2020, retrieved 5 January 2022
    2. Motahari, Ali (15 March 2020). "If Raisi was the President". Sazandegi (Interview) (in Persian). No. 626. Interviewed by Zeynab Safari. pp. 66–68. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
    3. Candidates listed:
    4. نتیجه انتخابات مجلس شورای اسلامی در مرکز حوزه انتخابیه تهران، ری، شمیرانات، اسلامشهر و پردیس, Ministry of Interior (in Persian), 23 February 2020 [4 Esfand 1398][ dead link ]
    5. وزیر کشور اعلام کرد: مشارکت در انتخابات, Iranian Students' News Agency, 23 February 2020 [4 Esfand 1398]

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