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The Iranian local elections took place on 14 June 2013 to elected members of the fourth council of the City and Village Councils of Iran. [2] This election was held by a general election with the presidential election. The original date of the election was in June 2010 but Parliament of Iran voted to increase age of the councils from 4 to 7 years. The councils began their work one month after the election to elect the new mayors. [3] Officials said special inspectors have been charged with monitoring more than 67,000 polling stations nationwide. Over 200,000 candidates have been qualified to run for both city and rural council seats. More than 126,000 seats are up for grab in the elections. [4]
City and Village Councils are local councils which are elected by public vote in all cities and villages throughout Iran. Council members in each city or village are elected by direct public vote to a 4-year term.
The city and village councils are local establishments that are elected by public vote in all cities and villages across the country. Council members in each city or village are elected for a four-year term. The councils are tasked with helping the Islamic Republic’s social, economic, cultural and educational advancement by encouraging public participation in social affairs. The city councils also elects city mayors.
The registration of candidates was toke place from 15 to 20 April 2013. The Guardian Council was announced the final candidates on 16 May 2013. The candidates that failed to enter to the election had a four days timeout for protest. [5] [6]
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.
The councils have 124,700 original members; with the allowance members, it reaches to 207,587 members. [7] This is different from the previous election. [8]
Population | Num. of members |
---|---|
20,000 or less | 5 (original) +2 (allowance) |
20, 000 to 50,000 | 7 + 3 |
50,000 to 100,000 | 9 + 4 |
100,000 to 200,000 | 11 + 5 |
200,000 to 500,000 | 13 + 6 |
50,000 to 1,000,000 | 15 + 7 |
1,000,000 to 2,000,000 | 21 + 8 |
2,000,000 or more | 25 + 10 |
Tehran | 31 + 12 |
Ministry of Interior have announced that election will be held by electoral vote in fourteen provinces. [9] The candidates can began their publicity from 6 June and it will be end 24 hours before the election. [10] According to Interior Minister, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar a number of 352,165 persons have enrollment. [11]
The Ministry of Interior of the Islamic Republic of Iran is in charge of performing, supervising and reporting elections, policing, and other responsibilities related to an interior ministry.
Khabar Online published the results of the election in 9 major cities, according to electoral lists. Those who did not count as Principlist or Reformist, were Independents: [12]
An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually in proportional election systems, but also in some plurality election systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party or can constitute a group of independent candidates. Lists can be open, in which case electors have some influence over the ranking of the winning candidates, or closed, in which case the order of candidates is fixed at the registration of the list.
The Principlists also interchangeably known as the Iranian Conservatives and formerly referred to as the Right or Right-wing, are one of two main political camps inside post-revolutionary Iran, the other being Reformists. The term ‘hardliners’ that some western sources use in the Iranian political context, usually refers to the faction, despite the fact it includes also more centrist tendencies.
An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent.
City | Principlists | Reformists | Independents | |
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Tehran | 18 / 31 (58%) | 13 / 31 (42%) | 0 / 31 (0%) | |
Mashhad | 24 / 25 (96%) | 0 / 25 (0%) | 1 / 25 (4%) | |
Isfahan | 10 / 21 (48%) | 3 / 21 (14%) | 8 / 21 (38%) | |
Shiraz | 13 / 21 (62%) | 0 / 21 (0%) | 8 / 21 (38%) | |
Karaj | 6 / 21 (29%) | 0 / 21 (0%) | 15 / 21 (71%) | |
Qom | 20 / 21 (95%) | 0 / 21 (0%) | 1 / 21 (5%) | |
Tabriz | 9 / 21 (43%) | 2 / 21 (10%) | 10 / 21 (48%) | |
Arak | 10 / 15 (67%) | 0 / 15 (0%) | 5 / 15 (33%) | |
Bushehr | 3 / 11 (27%) | 1 / 11 (9%) | 7 / 11 (64%) | |
Total | 113 / 187 (60%) | 19 / 187 (10%) | 55 / 187 (29%) |
Fars News Agency also published a detailed report for province capitals, with the results as following: [1]
City | Principlists | Reformists | Independents | |
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Tehran | 16 / 31 (52%) | 13 / 31 (42%) | 2 / 31 (6%) | |
Mashhad | 24 / 25 (96%) | 0 / 25 (0%) | 1 / 25 (4%) | |
Tabriz | 7 / 21 (33%) | 2 / 21 (10%) | 12 / 21 (57%) | |
Isfahan | 15 / 21 (71%) | 3 / 21 (14%) | 3 / 21 (14%) | |
Ahwaz | 11 / 21 (52%) | 3 / 21 (14%) | 7 / 21 (33%) | |
Qom | 20 / 21 (95%) | 0 / 21 (0%) | 1 / 21 (5%) | |
Shiraz | 16 / 21 (76%) | 2 / 21 (10%) | 6 / 21 (29%) | |
Karaj | 3 / 21 (14%) | 0 / 21 (0%) | 18 / 21 (86%) | |
Rasht | 3 / 15 (20%) | 8 / 15 (53%) | 4 / 15 (27%) | |
Urmia | 9 / 15 (60%) | 0 / 15 (0%) | 6 / 15 (40%) | |
Kermanshah | 7 / 15 (47%) | 4 / 15 (27%) | 4 / 15 (27%) | |
Arak | 13 / 15 (87%) | 0 / 15 (0%) | 2 / 15 (13%) | |
Hamedan | 10 / 15 (67%) | 0 / 15 (0%) | 5 / 15 (33%) | |
Kerman | 9 / 15 (60%) | 3 / 15 (20%) | 3 / 15 (20%) | |
Gorgan | 6 / 13 (46%) | 7 / 13 (54%) | 0 / 13 (0%) | |
Zanjan | 6 / 13 (46%) | 2 / 13 (15%) | 5 / 13 (38%) | |
Yazd | 2 / 13 (15%) | 8 / 13 (62%) | 3 / 13 (23%) | |
Sari | 7 / 13 (54%) | 3 / 13 (23%) | 3 / 13 (23%) | |
Khorramabad | 5 / 13 (38%) | 0 / 13 (0%) | 8 / 13 (62%) | |
Sanandaj | 8 / 13 (62%) | 2 / 13 (15%) | 3 / 13 (23%) | |
Bandar Abbas | 9 / 13 (69%) | 0 / 13 (0%) | 4 / 13 (31%) | |
Ardabil | 6 / 13 (46%) | 0 / 13 (0%) | 7 / 13 (54%) | |
Qazvin | 9 / 13 (69%) | 2 / 13 (15%) | 2 / 13 (15%) | |
Bojnurd | 0 / 13 (0%) | 0 / 13 (0%) | 13 / 13 (100%) | |
Semnan | 7 / 11 (64%) | 2 / 11 (18%) | 2 / 21 (10%) | |
Shahrekord | 7 / 11 (64%) | 2 / 11 (18%) | 2 / 11 (18%) | |
Bushehr | 4 / 11 (36%) | 4 / 11 (36%) | 3 / 11 (27%) | |
Ilam | 2 / 11 (18%) | 3 / 11 (27%) | 6 / 11 (55%) | |
Birjand | 2 / 11 (18%) | 5 / 11 (45%) | 4 / 11 (36%) | |
Yasuj | 0 / 11 (0%) | 0 / 11 (0%) | 11 / 11 (100%) | |
Zahedan | 0 / 9 (0%) | 9 / 9 (100%) | 0 / 9 (0%) | |
Total | 240 / 479 (50%) | 88 / 479 (18%) | 151 / 479 (32%) |
For the first time in Iran, Sepanta Niknam, a Zoroastrian citizen was elected to the city council of Yazd. [13] [14]
In another unprecedented event, Samiyeh Balochzehi, a Baloch Sunni woman was elected as a mayor in Iran, by the council of Kalat in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. [15]
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