2016 Iranian legislative election

Parliamentary elections in Iran 2016 Iranian legislative election Iran parliamentary 2012 Iranian legislative election 2012 2020 Iranian legislative election List of MPs elected in the Iranian legislative election, 2016 2020 61.64% (first round)https://irandataportal.syr.edu/parliamentary-elections/2016-parliamentary-election 2016 Parliamentary Election 29 April 201659% (second round)http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/584933/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA اعلام میزان مشارکت مرحله دوم انتخابات tabnak 30 April 2016 All 290 seats to the Islamic Consultative Assembly 146 seats are needed for a majority 26 February and 29 April 2016 no 112px 3cb8c2 Mohammad Reza Aref 2016 List of Hope Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr 121Ehteshami, Anoushiravan Iran: Stuck in Transition Politics of the Islamic Republic 2017 Taylor & Francis The Contemporary Middle East 102 9781351985451"Khaleghi" lower-alpha Including Minoo Khaleghi, Khaled Zamzamnejad and Beytollah Abdollahi who did not take office by the Guardian council decision. 41.72% New 104px ffd700 Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel 2016 Principlists Grand Coalition Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr(defeated) 83lower-alpha "Tabriz" By decree of Guardian council, Principlists Grand Coalition candidate Mohammad Esmaeil Saeidi replaced Alireza Monadi Sefidan of People's Voice in Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr. 28.62% New 104px 4b347c Ali Motahari 2012 People's Voice Coalition Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr 11lower-alpha "Tabriz" 3.79% 2 9 Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 2016 elections 300px Composition of the Assembly following the election Speaker Ali Larijani Ali Larijani UFP List of Hope Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 26 February 2016 to elect members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly for all seats in the 10th parliament in the Islamic Republic era and the 34th since the Persian Constitutional Revolution. A second round was held on 29 April 2016 for some constituencies where candidates failed to obtain the required minimum 25 percent of votes cast.August 2021 The elected MPs served from 28 May 2016 to 27 May 2020. The election was held as part of a general election which also elected members of the Assembly of Experts.Rafsanjani May Run for the Top Position in the Leadership Assembly https://web.archive.org/web/20141025170350/http://www.roozonline.com/english/news3/newsitem/archive/2014/july/14/article/rafsanjani-may-run-for-the-top-position-in-the-leadership-assembly.html 2014-10-25 Rooz, 14 July 2014 This election was the first time that both bodies were elected simultaneously. There were 54,915,024 registered voters (in Iran, the voting age is 18). More than 12,000 people filed to run for office.Elections in Iran: The great candidate cull: Choose any candidate you like—after the mullahs have excluded reformers https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21693277-choose-any-candidate-you-likeafter-mullahs-have-excluded-reformers-great 20 February 2016 The Economist 20 February 2016 5,200 candidates, mostly Reformists, were rejected by the Guardian Council and 612 individuals withdrew. Electoral system Elections in Iran The 290-seat Islamic Consultative Assembly has 285 directly elected members and five seats reserved for the Zoroastrians, Jews, Assyrian Christians and Armenians (one for Armenians in the north of Iran and one for Armenians in the south). The 285 directly elected seats are elected from 196 constituencies, which are a mix of single and multi-member. In single-member constituencies the leading candidates must receive at least one-fourth of the votes in the first round. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round is held with the two highest-vote candidates. In multi-member constituencies, voters cast as many votes as there are seats available; candidates must receive votes from at least one-fourth of the voters to be elected; if not all the seats are filled in the first round of voting, a second round is held with twice the number of candidates as there are seats to be filled (or all the original candidates if there are fewer than double the number of seats).Electoral system IPU Voters must be Iranian citizens aged 18 or over, and shall not have been declared insane. Qualifications According to Iranian law, in order to qualify as a candidate one must: Be an Iranian citizen Be a supporter of the Islamic Republic, pledging loyalty to constitution Be a practicing Muslim (unless running to represent one of the religious minorities in Iran) Not have a "notorious reputation" Be in good health, between the ages of 30 and 75. A candidate will be disqualified if he/she is found to be mentally impaired, actively supporting the Shah or supporting political parties and organizations deemed illegal or been charged with anti-government activity, converted to another faith or has otherwise renounced the Islamic faith, have been found guilty of corruption, treason, fraud, bribery, is an addict or trafficker or have been found guilty of violating Sharia law. Also, candidates must be literate; candidates cannot have played a role in the pre-1979 government, be large landowners, drug addicts or have convictions relating to actions against the state or apostasy. Government ministers, members of the Guardian Council and High Judicial Council are banned from running for office, as is the Head of the Administrative Court of Justice, the Head of General Inspection, some civil servants and religious leaders and any member of the armed forces. Campaigns and voting 2012 Iranian legislative election thumb|Pervasive Coalition of Reformists convention, 20 January 2016 The conservative camp also known as principlists, consisting of various groups, held the majority of the parliament. The camp spent months bringing together their various wings and formed the "Principlists Grand Coalition", headed by former speaker of the parliament Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel. The coalition included traditional conservative organizations most notably the Combatant Clergy Association,http://www.merip.org/mero/mero031716 Farideh Farhi The Day Tehran Shook March 17, 2016 Middle East Research and Information Project April 10, 2016 conservatives close to ex-president Ahmadinejad- some of whom worked under the name of YEKTA Front– and hardline conservatives largely opposed to the government's policies, like the Stability Front. Campaigning on the "government's failure to deliver on promises of economic benefits from the nuclear deal, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and the lifting of sanctions"; they emphasised their economic backgrounds. On foreign policy, they were against "allowing American influence to permeate Iranian society and economy".http://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2016/feb/24/irans-election-coalitions https://web.archive.org/web/20160229230059/http://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2016/feb/24/irans-election-coalitions dead February 29, 2016 Katayoun Kishi Iran's Election Coalitions February 24, 2016 United States Institute of Peace March 10, 2016 thumb|left|Principlists Grand Coalition's candidates for Tehran meeting with Ali Movahedi-Kermani, Secretary-General of Combatant Clergy Association The incumbent speaker Ali Larijani, declined to join the bloc because "they have not provided the necessary mechanisms for the creation of unity" and said he will run independently. thumb|Ali Motahari speaking in PV's convention The reformists and moderates, centrist allies of President Rouhani, made the "Alliance of Reformists and Government Supporters" or as the reformists named it, the "Pervasive Coalition of Reformists: The Second Step", a name suggesting a sequel to the first step, 2013 presidential election victory. The coalition was headed by Mohammad Reza Aref and included pro-government moderate conservatives who were on the Followers of Wilayat fraction of Ali Larijani's companions, and aimed to prevent the hardliners from entering the parliament.http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/02/iran-parliament-elections-conservatives-reformists-rouhani.html Everything you need to know about this week's elections in Iran Al-Monitor 22 February 2016 1 March 2016 Arash Karami Larijani himself was also backed by the list. Mohammad Khatami, who renamed the coalition to the "List of Hope" and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani endorsed the list, alongside Hassan Rouhani who tacitly supported them by sending text message to every cell phone encouraging citizens to "build the future of the country with plenty of hope". The moderates faced considerable challenges in the Guardian Council's vetting process and many of their lead figures were disqualified.Caitlin Shayda Pendleton, Paul Bucala http://www.irantracker.org/analysis/pendleton-bucala-irans-2016-elections-process-players-stakes-january-12-2016 Iran's 2016 elections: The process, the players, and the stakes January 12, 2016 Critical Threats Project American Enterprise Institute March 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160308034536/http://www.irantracker.org/analysis/pendleton-bucala-irans-2016-elections-process-players-stakes-january-12-2016 March 8, 2016 dead Ali Motahari, who was on the List of Hope, decided to issue another list called "People's Voice" which was mostly made up of moderate conservatives. Among opposition parties, the National Front, Nation Party and Pan-Iranist Party boycotted the elections.Rohollah Faghihi http://www.radiofarda.com/a/f7-oppositions-not-to-participate-in-election/27567634.html چند حزب منتقد جمهوری اسلامی: در انتخابات شرکت نمی‌کنیم fa February 25, 2016 Radio Farda March 10, 2016 The Freedom Movement of Iran called on voters to cast their ballots and backed reformists.Rohollah Faghihi http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/ru/contents/articles/originals/2016/02/iran-hardliners-discourage-voter-turnout-parliamentary-vote.html Hard-liners move to keep Iranian voters at home February 25, 2016 Al-Monitor March 10, 2016 Ali Khamenei, Supreme leader of Iran, voted on the beginning of election day. He had no comment on the result of the election but asked people for high turnout in the coming election.https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/02/28/world/middleeast/28reuters-iran-election-khamenei.html?_r=1 Iran Top Leader Khamenei Praises High Turnout in Elections: Media Reuters 28 February 2016 1 March 2016 Parisa Hafezi Opinion polls right Which political group is best able to solve the problems of Iran? (iPOS results) Reformists 19 #3cb8c2 "Moderates"/"Centrists" 5 #9370DB Principlists 9 #FFFF00 All groups 4 #FFFFFF Other groups 3 #FFA07A No group 9 #000000 Don't know/No comment 51 #808080 right Which political group is more aligned with your views? (iPOS results) Reformists 20 #3cb8c2 "Moderates"/"Centrists" 5 #9370DB Principlists 12 #FFFF00 All groups 2 #FFFFFF Other groups 6 #FFA07A No group 11 #000000 Don't know/No comment 44 #808080 According to Payesh Online, a nationwide poll conducted by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting indicates that most voters favor Moderate candidates. Answering "Which political spectrum do you prefer to vote?", 28% have replied "Moderates", whereas 24% have cited "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad allies", 23% and 13% answered Reformists and Principlists respectively and 5% say they favor independents. 41% will vote for "supporters of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Hassan Rouhani", 24% approve "supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" while only 5% favor Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel and his comrades".http://payeshonline.com/news/32678/%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%9B-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C--%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C نتایج تازه ترین نظرسنجی انتخاباتی؛ صدرنشینی طرفداران روحانی- هاشمی 15 February 2016 Payesh Online 17 February 2016 fa According to Payesh Online, results of four separate surveys taken by 'reliable institutions' including IRIB and ISPA show that in Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Mohammad Reza Aref and Ali Motahari are the most popular candidates, each winning about 30% of votes. One of these polls suggests that popularity of Haddad-Adel has decreased from 36% in December 2015 to less than 30% in February 2016. Results suggest that candidates listed by the Pervasive Coalition of Reformists are relatively 'unknown' to voters and if they are voted as independent figures, only Mohammad Reza Aref, Alireza Mahjoub and Soheila Joloudarzadeh have the chance to win the election and most of the seats will go to the Principlists Coalition; however if the voters decide to vote for the whole Reformist list, reformists will win 29 seats out of 30 in the constituency. The IRIB poll investigating 106 seats in major cities, indicates that Principlists would win more than 80 seats.http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/512756/Politics/election نتایج نظرسنجی انتخاباتی ۴ نهاد معتبر؛ عارف، حداد و مطهری در صدر/ اصلاح طلبان در انتظار معجزه 21 February 2016 Khabar Online 22 February 2016 fa https://web.archive.org/web/20160223191711/http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/512756/Politics/election 23 February 2016 dead dmy-all According to a poll conducted on 18 February 2016 with a ±4% margin of sampling error voters favor supporters of Hassan Rouhani among other politicians: center Which figure's sympathizers would you rather to enter the Parliament? 35 em Preferred Percentage 100 Hassan Rouhani 41 % Mohammad Khatami 21 % Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel 13 % Ali Larijani 8 % Saeed Jalili 4 % A Survey by Iranian Students' Polling Agency (ISPA) on 22–23 February 2016 in 22 regions of Tehran, shows that 30.5% of voters will vote for Pervasive Coalition of Reformists, while 24.2% and 8.7% favor to vote for Principlists Coalition and People's Voice Coalition respectively. 22.2% prefer to vote for candidates from all lists and 13.2% don't care about lists.http://www.entekhab.ir/fa/news/254486 طبق آخرین نظرسنجی‌های رسمی اعلام شد؛ پیشتازی لیست اصلاح‌طلبان بر لیست اصولگرایان 25 February 2016 Entekhab 25 February 2016 fa Virginia-based Public Opinion Solutions LLC (iPOS)'s poll conducted on 1–20 February 2016 via telephone interviews of 1184 Iranian adults aged 18 and older, shows a 75% and 73% tornout for the Parliamentary and the Assembly of Experts elections respectively. In Tehran, the number would be predicted between 55% and 65%. Only 30% of the voters are satisfied with their incumbent representative in the Parliament, with 28% satisfied with the overall performance of the 9th term of Majlis (2012–2016) while 43% are unsatisfied. With the rise of Hassan Rouhani's presidential approval ratings from 54% in August/September 2015 to 67% in December 2015/January 2016, more than 40% undecided voters and some 25% approval of Reformists and Moderates –that are allied under the name of Pervasive Coalition of Reformists– there is a chance of swing towards them.http://iranwire.com/features/8757/ تحلیل نظرسنجی آی پز درباره مشارکت 75 درصدی مردم در انتخابات 25 February 2016 Iran Wire 25 February 2016 fa MPs elected List of MPs elected in the Iranian legislative election, 2016 Results Iranian legislative election, 2016 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr) The results indicate that the results would make a hung parliament with reformists having a plurality. اسامی 290 نماینده مجلس دهم با گرایش سیاسی‌شان/ لیست امید و مستقل‌ها پیروز هر دو مرحله انتخابات شدند Khabaronline http://khabaronline.ir/%28X%281%29S%28gir3jkgiutacpag5xyfhzrof%29%29/detail/531930/Politics/election 30 April 2016 30 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160815114113/http://khabaronline.ir/%28X%281%29S%28gir3jkgiutacpag5xyfhzrof%29%29/detail/531930/Politics/election 15 August 2016 dead Out of 54,915,024 eligible voters, 33,847,117 voted, for a turnout of 61.642016 Parliamentary Election The final results are: Alliance SeatsName Of total List of Hope 119 41.03% 119 290 #8FD8D8 Principlists Grand Coalition 84 28.96% 83 290 #ffd700 People's Voice Coalition 10 3.44% 11 290 #4b347c IndependentsMinor lists:Front of Prudence and Development 65 22.41% 65 290 Independent (politician) Endorsed by both Principlists Grand Coalition and List of Hope 3 1.03% 3 290 #000000 Religious minorities (reserved seats) 5 1.73% 5 290 #D3E300 + ↓ 119 10 75 84 List of Hope People's Voice Others Principlists Four seats are vacant. Payam Mohseni categorized the share of seats as follows: Faction% Percentage of seatsSeats Numbers of seatsTheocrats29.7286 Modern Theocrats8.7425 Reformists34.62101Independents25.1773Religious minorities1.755Total100290Source: Payam MohseniPayam Mohseni The 2016 Iranian Parliamentary ElectionsAnd the Future of Domestic Politics under the JCPOA https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/files/publication/Iran%20Elections%20-%20web_0.pdf Page 26, Table 1: National Factional Seat Shares (%) by Election Rounds in the 10th Iranian Parliament Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Report December 2016 See also Elections in Iran 2016 Iranian Assembly of Experts election List of Iran's parliament representatives (11th term) Notes lower-alpha References 30em External links Category:2016 elections in Iran 2016 Category:February 2016 in Iran Category:April 2016 in Iran Category:Islamic Consultative Assembly elections Category:10th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran