2003 Iranian local elections

none City and Village Councils elections Iran no parliamentary Popular 2003 2 28 y Iranian local elections, 1999 1999 Iranian local elections, 2006 2006 905 City and 34,205 Village Councils 41,501,783 2003 Municipal Councils Election The Iran Social Science Data Portal Princeton University https://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/elections/municipal/2003-municipal-councils-e/ 10 August 2015 49.96% Principlists Reformists Iranian City and Village Councils elections, 2003 took place in February 2003, the second time local elections for city and village councils had taken place since being introduced in 1999, and 905 city and 34,205 village councils were up for election.Ehteshami Anoushiravan Zweiri Mahjoob Iran and the Rise of Its Neoconservatives: The Politics of Tehran's Silent Revolution I.B.Tauris 2007 978-0857713674 35–37 By the elections, conservatives made a comeback and won the majority of the seats nationally as a harbinger of the 2004 parliamentary elections, where they won decisively. The elections demonstrated a voter apathy among the urban citizens,Mir-Hosseini Ziba Jose Casanova Jocelyne Cesari Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective Oxford University Press 2017 9780198788553 224 as a result of public disappointment with reformists and constant political infighting which led to the dissolution of the reformist-dominated City Council of Tehran.http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/28/iran.elections.reut/ CNN Reuters 28 February 2003 11 June 2017 Iran elections 'can heal wounds' There were 20,235,898 votes cast in this election, marking the lowest turnout in 24 years. In Tehran, only 12% of eligible voters participated. Turnout in Isfahan and Mashhad showed similar rates, 12% and 15% respectively.http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/irans-municipal-elections-a-turning-point-for-the-reform-movement The Washington Institute 6 March 2003 11 June 2017 Iran's Municipal Elections: A Turning Point for the Reform Movement? Ray Takeyh 721 Policywatch Disqualifications were minimal and below the 10%, to the extent that the banned Freedom Movement of Iran and Nationalist–Religious activists secured a few candidates as independents.https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/123433/2010_11_No30.pdf The Middle East Institute November 2010 11 June 2017 Electoral Politics in Iran: Rules of the Arena, Popular Participation, and the Limits of Elastic in the Islamic Republic Nigel Parsons 30 Policy Brief Campaign thumb|Posters of the candidates In the early 2000s, main camp of Principlists started lights-off works to take the power from Reformists. They established an umbrella organization for 2003 elections under the name of Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran. Tehran's election campaign of Builders headed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Michael Axworthy Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic Oxford University Press 2013 373–374 In some Provincial capitals, they used other name such as Āfṭāb (fa آفتاب Sun) or Sahand (fa سهند) for their election campaigns.Roozi-talab Mohammad-Hassan A further trust http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/hamnews/1383/830309/world/siasatw.htm#s6147 16 June 2017 Hamshahri 3393 29 May 2004 Tehran Persian Builders decisively won the election in Tehran. Results 2003 Tehran City Council election According to Panjereh Weekly, conservatives won 64% of the seats nationwide.Torkashvand Habib Brief look to performance of Principlism http://www.jahannews.com/report/142891/%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1 18 June 2017 Panjereh weekly Jahan News 6 November 2010 Persian City Principlists Reformists Independents RefTehran14 15 Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran 10 15 #02BC00 11 15 gray 1Final election results of Islamic city council of Tehran http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1996-2014/2003/03/03/P1.pdf Ettela'at International 2111 3 March 2003 New York City Persian Page 1 16 June 2017 1353-8829 1 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170901203735/http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1996-2014/2003/03/03/P1.pdf deadShiraz6 11 Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran 10 11 #02BC00 15 11 gray 1Election results of city council of Shiraz http://www.isna.ir/news/8112-03297/%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2 16 June 2017 Iranian Students News Agency 18 May 2017 Persian"Aftab" is leading in Shiraz http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=8112100102 16 June 2017 Fars News Agency 1 March 2003 Persian June 2017 Turnout + Source: HamshahriHamshahri Persian http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/hamnews/1381/811214/world/intep.htm 5 March 2003 2997 Tehran, the lowest turnoutProvinceTurnoutQom province30%Isfahan province34%Yazd province42%Sistan and Baluchestan province68%Fars province46%East Azerbaijan province46%West Azerbaijan province61%Tehran province23%Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province62%Ilam province66%Khorasan province54%Zanjan province62%Kerman province60%Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province69%Golestan province62%Hormozgan province66%Mazandaran province66%Total49% References 2003 Category:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Category:2003 elections in Iran Category:February 2003 in Iran