Salmas | |
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Electoral district Constituency for the West Azerbaijan | |
Salmas shown within West Azerbaijan Province | |
West Azerbaijan Province | Salmas County |
Current constituency | |
Assembly Members | Shahruz Barzegar |
Salmas (electoral district) is the 8th electoral district in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran. It has a population of 192,591 and elects 1 member of parliament.
West Azerbaijan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the northwest of the country, bordering Turkey, Iraq and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as well as the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan and Kurdistan. The province is part of Region 3. It is separated from Armenia by Turkey's short border with the Azerbaijan Republic. The province of West Azerbaijan covers an area of 39,487 km², or 43,660 km² including Lake Urmia. In 2012 the province had a population of about 3 million (estimate). The capital city and largest city of the province is Urmia.
The Islamic Consultative Assembly, also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Parliament currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 272 seats since the 18 February 2000 election. The most recent election took place on 26 February 2016 and the new parliament was opened on 28 May 2016.
MP in 1980 from the electorate of Salmas. (1st)
MP in 1984 from the electorate of Salmas. (2nd)
MP in 1988 from the electorate of Salmas. (3rd)
MP in 1992 from the electorate of Salmas. (4th)
MP in 1996 from the electorate of Salmas. (5th)
MP in 2000 from the electorate of Salmas. (6th)
MP in 2004 from the electorate of Salmas. (7th)
MP in 2008 from the electorate of Salmas. (8th)
MP in 2012 from the electorate of Salmas. (9th)
2016 Iranian legislative election [1] | ||||||
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# | Candidate | List(s) | Votes | Run-offs [2] | ||
↓ Run-offs ↓ | ||||||
1 | Shahruz Barzegar | Independent politician / Pervasive Coalition of Reformists | 16,463 | 39,809 | ||
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