Iran

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Iran elects on national level a head of government (the president), a legislature (the Majlis), and an "Assembly of Experts" (which elects the head of state, the Supreme Leader). Also City and Village Council elections are held every 4 years throughout the country. The president is elected for a four year term by the people. The Parliament or Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis-e Shura-ye Eslami) has 290 members, elected for a four year term in multi- and single-seat constituencies. Elections for the Assembly of Experts are held every 8 years. All candidates have to be approved by the Guardian Council. See Politics of Iran for more details.

Until January 2007, when it was raised to 18, the voting age was 15 years, the lowest globally at the time.^[1]

Contents 1 Latest elections 1.1 2009 presidential election 1.2 2008 parliamentary election 1.3 2006 Assembly of Experts election 1.4 2005 presidential election 1.5 2004 parliamentary election 2 Past elections 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Latest elections

[edit] 2009 presidential election

The 2009 Iranian presidential election was held on 12 June 2009 in Iran,^[2] the tenth presidential election to be held in the country.^[3] The President of Iran is the highest official elected by direct popularly vote, but does not control foreign policy or the armed forces. Candidates have to be vetted by the Guardian Council, a twelve member body consisting of six clerics (selected by Iran's Supreme Leader), and six lawyers (proposed by the head of Iran's judicial system and voted in by the Parliament).^[4]

With two-thirds of the votes counted, the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official news agency, announced that the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won the election with 66% of the votes cast,^[5] while Mir-Hossein Mousavi received 33% of the votes cast.^[6][7] The opposition candidates disputed the results amid widespread speculations of vote rigging and sought a re-election with due process; this was followed by popular street protests and its subsequent crackdown by the government.^[8][9][10] The European Union said it was "concerned about alleged irregularities" during the vote^[11], and some analysts and journalists from United States and United Kingdom based media expressed doubts about the authenticity of the results.^{[12][13][14][15]}

An alleged official letter by the Ministry of Interior, addressed to the Supreme Spiritual Leader Ali Khamenei, presented completely different results. According to this letter, reformist candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi would have won the first round with about 19 million votes, followed by the other reformist candidate Mehdi Karrubi with about 13 million votes. Incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would have obtained only 5.6 million votes.^[16][17]

Iranian presidential election, 2009 v • d • e
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Alliance of Builders	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (inc.)	24,527,516	62.63%
	Independent Reformist	Mir-Hossein Mousavi	13,216,411	33.75%
	Independent Conservative	Mohsen Rezaee	678,240	1.73%
	National Trust	Mehdi Karroubi	333,635	0.85%
Valid votes			38,755,802	98.95%
Blank or invalid votes			409,389	1.05%
Totals			39,165,191	100.00%
Voter turnout			85%
Sources: Ministry of Interior of Iran[18]

[edit] 2008 parliamentary election

Victory of the Principalists (58.6%). Defeat of the Reformists (15.8%), of whom 90% were barred from running on the grounds that they were not sufficiently loyal to the regime.^{[citation needed]}

Participation (first round of the elections): 47% of those eligible to vote (27% in Tehran).^{[citation needed]}

Participation (second round of the elections): 8% in Tehran.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2006 Assembly of Experts election

[edit] 2005 presidential election

e • d Summary of the 17 and 24 June 2005 Iranian Presidential election results

Candidates	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	6,211,937	21.13	10,046,701	35.93
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	5,711,696	19.43	17,284,782	61.69
Mehdi Karroubi	5,070,114	17.24	-	-
Mostafa Moeen	4,095,827	13.93	-	-
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	4,083,951	13.89	-	-
Ali Larijani	1,713,810	5.83	-	-
Mohsen Mehralizadeh	1,288,640	4.38	-	-
Blank or invalid votes	1,224,882	4.17	663,770	2.37
Total (turnout 62.66% and 59.6%)	29,400,857	100	27,959,253	100

[edit] 2004 parliamentary election

e • d Summary of 14 March/25 April 2008 Parliament of Iran election results

Orientiation of candidates	Seats (1st rd.)	Seats (2nd rd.)	Seats (Total)
Conservatives	132	38	170
Reformists	31	15	46
Independents	40	29	69
Armenians recognized minority religion	2		2
Assyrian and Chaldean (Catholic) recognized minority religion	1		1
Jewish recognized minority religion	1		1
Zoroastrian recognized minority religion	1		1
Total (Turnout: 60%)	208	82	290
Source: IPU

[edit] Past elections

v • d • e Elections and referendums in Iran Presidential elections 1980 · 1981 (Jul) · 1981 (Oct) · 1985 · 1989 · 1993 · 1997 · 2001 · 2005 · 2009 Parliamentary elections 1909 · 1923 · 1962 · 1967 · 1971 · 1975 · 1980 · 1984 · 1988 · 1992 · 1996 · 2000 · 2004 · 2008 Assembly of Experts elections 1983 · 1991 · 1999 · 2006 Local elections 1999 · 2003 · 2006 Referendums 1963 · 1979 (Mar) · 1979 (Nov) · 1989

[edit] See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system
• Censorship in Iran

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 2009 Iranian elections page on BBC Persian
• BBC Persian on Iran presidential elections
• Video Archive of Iranian Elections
• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• The Network of iranian law in persian, english & french
• Constitutional law in french
• Iranian law in english
• Iranian law in french

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