1996 Iranian legislative election

none 1996 Iranian legislative election Iran legislative Popular 1992 8 March and 19 April 1996 2000 All 270 seats of Islamic Consultative Assembly 135 34,716,000 1996 Parliamentary Election The Iran Social Science Data Portal Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/elections/parl/1996/ 10 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20120530200846/http://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/elections/parl/1996/ 2012-05-30 dead 71.10% 150x150px Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Combatant Clergy Associationand allies Did not stand 90≈150 009801 150x150px Executives of Constructionand allies Gholamhossein Karbaschi Did not stand 60≈80 E11123 150x150px Association of Combatant Clericsand allies Mehdi Karoubi Did not stand 30≈80 068CDA Speaker Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri CCA Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri CCA National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1996 election Composition of the Assembly following the election Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 8 March 1996, with a second round on 19 April. The Combatant Clergy Association and its allies emerged as the largest bloc in the Majlis, winning 110 of the 270 seats. Electoral system The constitution approved in a December 1979 referendum provided for a 270-seat Majlis, with five seats reserved for minority groups including Jews, Zorastrians, Armenians from the north and south of the country and one jointly elected by Assyrians.Iran IPU The elections were conducted using a two-round system, with the number of candidates progressing to the second round being double the number of seats available. Candidates required an absolute majority to win a seat in the first round, and plurality to win in the second round. However, in this election, minimum percentages for candidates to be elected in first round was lowered to 33.33% (one-third of votes). Campaign A total of 3,726 candidates contested the elections, including around 326 women. 145 seats were won in the first round of voting.Elections held in 1996 IPU Main groups contesting in the elections were:Beheshti Ebrahim fa http://iran-newspaper.com/Newspaper/BlockPrint/109221 گزارش "ایران" از صف‌آرایی گروه‌های سیاسی در ۹ دوره انتخابات مجلس Iran 30 March 2016 4 January 2016 14 Dey 1394 109221 6116 Combatant Clergy Association and Islamic Aligned Organizations ('traditional' right-wing) Executives of Construction Party ('modern' right-wing) Association for Defence of Revolution Values ('neocon' right-wing) Association of Combatant Clerics ('traditional' left-wing) Coalition of Imam's Line groups ('radical' left-wing) 15 Freedom Movement members presented themselves as candidates and only 4 of them made it through initial vetting, 3 of whom were excluded before polling day. The organization announced its intention to withdraw from the election. The election was boycotted by the National Front and Nation Party.Human Rights Watch World Report 1997: Events of 1996 1996 Human Rights Watch 282 9781564322074 IRAN Results Both conservatives and reformers claimed a 70 percent majority after the first round and also claimed independents as supporters.http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/a-background-to-irans-forthcoming-majlis-elections A Background to Iran's Forthcoming Majlis Elections Guy Engelman PolicyWatch 436 2 February 2000 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy 29 August 2017 Salam newspaper According to Salam, Executives of Construction and Imam's Line Groups won shared 120 parliamentary seats.Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: The National Kargozaran-Sazandegi Party; political view, its leaders, branches, and participation in any election in Iran (1998), 19 February 2002, IRN38586.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be498.html [accessed 10 June 2016] Adelkhah (1999) FactionSeatsRight90 to 100Executives of Construction70 to 80Leftabout 40Source: AdelkhahBeing Modern in Iran Fariba Adelkhah Fariba Adelkhah CERI series in comparative politics and international studies C. Hurst & Co. Publishers 1999 85 Nohlen et al (2001) In the following table, the Independents are counted as "allies". PartySeats+/–Combatant Clergy Association and allies110–40Combatant Clerics of Tehran and allies80+80Executives of Construction Party and allies80NewTotal2700Source: Nohlen et al.Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen Florian Grotz Christof Hartmann 2001 Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook Iran I Oxford University Press 68, 74 978-0-19-924958-9 Kazemzadeh (2008) FactionSeatsRight-wing hardliners150Rafsanjani and Executives of Construction15–60Left-wing coalition of Imam's Line30Independents30Total270Source: KazemzadehMasoud Kazemzadeh Intra-Elite Factionalism and the 2004 Majles Elections in Iran Middle Eastern Studies 2008 44 2 10.1080/00263200701874867 189–214 Taylor and Francis Online http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fmes20 subscription Aftermath The newly elected members of Majlis met for the first time on 1 June. Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri remained in Speaker position until 2000 after he received 11 more votes than Abdullah Nouri (also a cleric). References Legislative Legislative Legislative Category:Islamic Consultative Assembly elections Iran