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Iran elects on a national level a head of government (the president), a legislature (the Majlis), and an "Assembly of Experts" (which elects the Supreme Leader). City and Village Council elections are also held every four years throughout the entire country. The president is elected for a four-year term by the citizens. The Parliament or Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis-e Shura-ye Eslami) currently has 290 members, also elected for a four-year term in multi- and single-seat constituencies. Elections for the Assembly of Experts are held every eight 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]
The most recent Iranian presidential election was held on 28 June 2024 and the most recent legislative election on 1 March 2024.
Elections since 1979
[edit ]Presidential elections
[edit ]Majlis elections
[edit ]Latest elections
[edit ]2024 presidential election
[edit ]| Candidate | Party or alliance | First round | Second round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| Masoud Pezeshkian | Independent politician | Iranian reformists | 10,415,991 | 44.36 | 16,384,403 | 54.76 | ||
| Saeed Jalili | Independent politician | Iranian principlists | 9,473,298 | 40.35 | 13,538,179 | 45.24 | ||
| Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran | Iranian principlists | 3,383,340 | 14.41 | ||||
| Mostafa Pourmohammadi | Combatant Clergy Association | Iranian principlists | 206,397 | 0.88 | ||||
| Total | 23,479,026 | 100.00 | 29,922,582 | 100.00 | ||||
2024 Assembly of Experts election
[edit ]| Party | Leader | Vote % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Principlists | Movahedi Kermani | 65.91 | 58 | −7 | |
| Iranian Reformists | N/A | 2.27 | 2 | −17 | |
| Independent | N/A | 31.82 | 28 | +24 | |
| List of Chairmen of the Assembly of Experts before | List of Chairmen of the Assembly of Experts after |
|---|---|
| Ahmad Jannati | Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani |
2024 parliamentary election
[edit ]| Party | Seats | |
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| Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces | 107 | |
| People's Alliance of Islamic Revolution | 79 | |
| Voice of the Nation | 45 | |
| Unity Council | 13 | |
| Independents | 41 | |
| Seats reserved for religious minorities | 5 | |
| Total | 290 | |
See also
[edit ]- Censorship in Iran
- Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa#Iran
- Iran Electoral Archive
- List of political parties in Iran#Opposition parties active in exile
References
[edit ]- ^ O'Toole, Pam (12 March 2008). "Iran's first-time voters split". BBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
External links
[edit ]- Election Data Archives
- The Outcome of Iran’s Parliamentary Elections
- Iran Data Portal, Princeton University
- Iran Electoral Archive, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
- Results of parliamentary elections, Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive
- other
