2008 Assembly of Experts by-election in Tehran province

2008 Tehran Province by-election Iran By-election The vacant seat to the Assembly of Experts 2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election in Tehran Province 2006 2009 Assembly of Experts by-election in Tehran Province 2009 14 March 2008 Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani portrait.jpg Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Combatant Clergy Association 1,445,554 50.22% no Seyyed Mohammad Amin Khorasani enrolls for the Assembly of Experts elections 13940927.jpg Mohammad-Ali Amin — 343,825 11.94% no MP Subsequent Member Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani A by-election was held on 14 March 2008 for the vacant seat of the Assembly of Experts in Tehran Province, caused by death of Ali Meshkini who held office as chairman of the assembly. It was held along with the 2008 Iranian legislative election. The seat was won by conservative Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, the secretary-general of Combatant Clergy Association, who was endorsed by Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom in addition to his own organization. The parliamentary electoral alliance United Front of Principlists also supported him.Newsline https://www.rferl.org/a/1342833.html 18 March 2008 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 15 March 2021 The candidate supported by the reformists ended up in the third place. Result #CandidateElectoral listVotes% Percentage of votesNotesCCASSTUFPRC1Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani 18 black 18 black 18 black1,445,55450.22Elected2Mohammad-Ali Amin 343,82511.94Defeated3Mohammad Sajjadi Ata-Abadi 18 black167,3965.824Ahmad Mousavi-Vadeghani 111,7453.88Blank/Invalid Votes809,89128.14Total Votes2,878,411100Source: IRNA / E'temad newspaper References Iran politics Category:Elections in Tehran Category:2000s in Tehran Category:By-elections in Iran Category:2008 elections in Iran