1984 Iranian legislative election

none Iran parliamentary 1980 15 April and 17 May 1984 1988 All 270 seats in the Islamic Consultative Assembly 136 24,143,498 1984 Parliamentary Election The Iran Social Science Data Portal Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/elections/parl/1984/ 10 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20120530200846/http://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/elections/parl/1984/ 2012-05-30 dead 64.64% 000000 President Ali Khamenei speech at 2nd legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Cropped).jpg Islamic Republican Party right Ali Khamenei Did not stand Office for Strengthening Unity left Mehdi Karroubi Did not stand 1981 85 130 45 48.14% Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi Islamic Republican Party Mir-Hossein Mousavi Islamic Republican Party Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 15 April 1984, with a second round on 17 May.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p68 0-19-924958-X The majority of seats were won by independents, whilst the Islamic Republican Party was the only party to win seats. Voter turnout was 65.1% in the first round.Nohlen et al., p69 The Freedom Movement of Iran declared that it would boycott the elections after its headquarters was attacked and the authorities refused to permit the party to hold two seminars.Houchang E. Chehabi Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini I.B.Tauris 296 1990 1850431981 Background The election was held under conditions of severe sanctions on politic and economical sector as well as war with Iraq's Baathist government (Iran–Iraq War). This election was also first time since the 1979 revolution where only left or right religious parties was allowed to participate (as other political parties were banned and even dissolved before this election). Conduct The election was held under conditions of war with Iraq's Baathist government (Iran–Iraq War), caused many cities in border with Iraq were severely destroyed (or could not hold direct election). Therefore. this election was conducted with two ways: Direct national election (for areas that were not heavily affected by war and also for religious minorities seats) Indirect national election (for areas that were heavily affected by war, mainly in border areas with Iraq) Out of 193 constituencies, 187 (including 5 electoral districts for religious minorities) hold direct election while the six others hold indirect elections. These six were: Mehran (Ilam & Mehran constituency) – Ilam province Dehloran (Dehloran & Darreh Shahr constituency) – Ilam province Abadeh (Abadeh constituency) – Fars province Susangerd (Dasht-e-Azadegan constituency) – Khuzestan province Khorramshahr (Khorramshahr constituency) – Khuzestan province Qasr-e-Shirin (Qasr-e-Shirin & Sarpol-e-Zahab constituency) – Kermanshah province Results 130 seats were elected in second round. File:National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1984 election.svg Islamic Republican Party 130 +45 Independents 140 0 0 15815986 24300000 Nohlen et al. Aftermath Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani remained in his position as Speaker of Majlis During the term of the Majlis, five by-elections were held. References Legislative Category:Islamic Consultative Assembly elections Category:One-party elections Iran Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results