Iranian legislative election, 1996 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)

Last updated October 17, 2024

This is an overview of the 1996 Iranian legislative election in Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district.

Results

First round

#	Candidate	Electoral list				Votes	%
#	Candidate	CIL	ECP	DRV	CCA	Votes	%
↓ Elected Members ↓
1	Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri	—	Y	Y	Y	879,893	35.99
2	Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani	—	Y	—		852,609	34.87
↓ Went to Run-off ↓
3	Ali-Akbar Aboutorabi	—		Y	Y	804,057	32.89
4	Abbas Sheibani	—	Y	—	Y	764,978	31.29
5	Ali-Akbar Hosseini	—		Y	Y	683,076	27.94
6	Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi	—	Y	Y	Y	616,223	25.21
7	Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari	—	Y	Y	Y	586,351	23.98
8	Hassan Rouhani	—	Y	Y	Y	577,964	23.64
9	Mohammad-Reza Bahonar	—		Y	Y	571,719	23.39
10	Ali Movahedi-Kermani	—	Y	Y	Y	552,586	22.61
11	Mohammad-Javad Larijani	—			Y	544,266	22.27
12	Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh	Y	Y	Y	—	498,889	20.41
13	Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi	—	Y	Y	Y	485,332	19.85
14	Mahmoud Doayi	—	Y	—	Y	475,201	19.44
15	Soheila Jolodarzadeh	—	Y	—		473,062	19.35
16	Abdollah Nouri	Y	Y	Y	—	447,634	18.31
17	Mohammad Asghari	—	Y	—	Y	442,666	18.11
18	Alireza Mahjoub	—	Y	Y	—	440,396	18.02
19	Nafiseh Fayyazbakhsh	—			Y	417,748	17.09
20	Mostafa Moein	Y	Y	Y	—	386,442	15.81
21	Fatemeh Ramezanzadeh	Y	Y	Y	—	381,199	15.59
22	Mohsen Yahyavi	—		Y	Y	379,672	15.53
23	Habibollah Asgaroladi	—		Y	Y	371,225	15.19
24	Hassan Ghafourifard	—				363,675	14.88
25	Morteza Nabavi	—		Y	Y	351,386	14.38
26	Monireh Nobakht	—		Y	Y	348,472	14.26
27	Reza Akrami	—		Y	Y	348,048	14.24
28	Parvin Salihi	—			Y	339,747	13.90
29	Ali Movahedi-Savoji	—			Y	337,717	13.82
30	Shahabedin Sadr	—		Y	Y	335,556	13.73
31	Ali Abbaspour	—			Y	325,850	13.33
32	Majid Ansari	Y	Y	Y	—	303,442	12.41
33	Reza Taghavi	—		Y	Y	298,778	12.22
34	Mousa Zargar	—			Y	289,213	11.83
35	Morteza Alviri	—	Y	—		286,406	11.72
35	Alinaghi Khamoushi	—			Y	283,345	11.59
37	Reza Malekzadeh	—	Y	—		268,561	10.99
38	Gohar Dastgheib	Y	—			263,663	10.79
39	Nasser Khaleghi	Y	Y	Y	—	259,670	10.62
40	Maryam Behrouzi	—			Y	257,293	10.53
41	Davoud Danesh-Jafari	—			Y	250,956	10.27
42	Abolghasem Ashouri	—	Y	—		236,958	9.69
43	Behzad Nabavi	Y	—			234,006	9.57
44	Abdolhossein Moezzi	—		Y	Y	233,751	9.56
45	Asadollah Badamchian	—			Y	225,820	9.24
46	Mohammad-Reza Taghavimanesh	—	Y	—		204,856	8.38
47	Kazem Akrami	Y	—	Y	—	201,379	8.24
48	Mohammad Etemadi	—	Y	—		200,921	8.22
49	Gholam-Ali Afrouz	—				199,405	8.16
50	Mehdi Hojjat	—	Y	—		198,310	8.11
51	Mohammad-Hashem Rahbari	—	Y	Y	—	190,660	7.80
52	Esmaeil Mousavi-Koushki	—				181,817	7.44
53	Davoud Tajeran	—	Y	—		179,042	7.32
54	Sedigheh Moghaddasi	—	Y	—		153,678	6.29
55	Mohammad Salamati	Y	—			138,405	5.66
56	Mohammad Rahmati	—	Y	—		136,145	5.57
57	Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei	—		Y	—	125,499	5.13
58	Fatemeh Noghani	—				124,079	5.08
↓ Defeated ↓
	Serajeddin Mousavi	Y	Y	—		Unknown
	Abolhassan Ahmadiani	Y	—			Unknown
	Ali Shakouri-Rad	Y	—			Unknown
	Mohammad Ashrafi-Esfahani	Y	—			Unknown
	Rasoul Montajabnia	Y	—			Unknown
	Mohammad-Reza Vaez Mahdavi	Y	—			Unknown
	Seyed Mahmood Hosseini	Y	—			Unknown
	Davoud Soleimani	Y	—			Unknown
	Mehrdad Kokabi	Y	—			Unknown
	Morteza Haji	Y	—			Unknown
	Mohsen Poudineh	Y	—			Unknown
	Mir-Fazlollah Mousavi	Y	—			Unknown
	Saeed Hajarian	Y	—			Unknown
	Alireza Fallahi Arezoudar	Y	—			Unknown
	Fatemeh Nahidi	—		Y	—	Unknown
	Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi	—		Y	—	Unknown
	Rafat Bayat	—		Y	—	Unknown
↓ Withdrawn candidates ↓
	Ezatollah Sahabi	—				—
	Abolfazl Bazargan	—				—
	Mohammad Bastenegar	—				—
	Gholam-Abbas Tavassoli	—				—

Total Votes						2,444,415	100
Source: IRNA / Jam-e-Jam Online

Second round

#	Candidate	Electoral list				Votes	%
#	Candidate	CIL	ECP	DRV	CCA	Votes	%
↓ Elected Members ↓
1	Ali-Akbar Aboutorabi	—		Y	Y	683,597	47.76
2	Abbas Sheibani	—	Y	—	Y	665,091	46.46
3	Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi	—	Y	Y	Y	588,710	41.13
4	Mohammad-Reza Bahonar	—		Y	Y	570,289	39.84
5	Ali-Akbar Hosseini	—		Y	Y	552,269	38.58
6	Hassan Ghafourifard	—				550,915	38.49
7	Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari	—	Y	Y	Y	536,197	37.46
8	Ali Movahedi-Kermani	—	Y	Y	Y	500,008	34.93
9	Nafiseh Fayyazbakhsh	—			Y	489,439	34.19
10	Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi	—	Y	Y	Y	477,417	33.35
11	Soheila Jolodarzadeh	—	Y	—		475,400	33.21
12	Mohsen Yahyavi	—		Y	Y	467,910	32.69
13	Hassan Rouhani	—	Y	Y	Y	465,902	32.55
14	Mahmoud Doayi	—	Y	—	Y	464,770	32.47
15	Abdollah Nouri	Y	Y	Y	—	449,321	31.39
16	Monireh Nobakht	—		Y	Y	434,180	30.33
17	Alireza Mahjoub	—	Y	Y	—	411,431	28.74
18	Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh	Y	Y	Y	—	411,238	28.73
19	Reza Akrami	—		Y	Y	405,078	28.30
20	Mousa Zargar	—			Y	400,709	27.99
21	Mohammad-Javad Larijani	—			Y	398,897	27.87
22	Majid Ansari	Y	Y	Y	—	397,022	27.74
23	Davoud Danesh-Jafari	—			Y	393,719	27.51
24	Fatemeh Ramezanzadeh	Y	Y	Y	—	389,046	27.18
25	Morteza Nabavi	—		Y	Y	387,734	27.09
26	Reza Taghavi	—		Y	Y	382,238	26.70
27	Ali Movahedi-Savoji	—			Y	379,869	26.54
28	Shahabedin Sadr	—		Y	Y	372,883	26.05

Total Votes						1,431,431	100
Source: IRNA / Jam-e-Jam Online

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