Iranian legislative election, 1996

Iran

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Iran

Constitution Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Vice President of Iran Parviz Davoodi Assembly of Experts Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Majlis of Iran (Parliament) Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel Guardian Council Ahmad Jannati Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Judicial system of Iran Mahmoud Shahroudi Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili City and Village Councils Military of Iran Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar Ministry of Intelligence and Security Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejehei Ministry of Petroleum of Iran Gholam Hossein Nozari National Iranian Oil Company Agriculture of Iran Mohammad Reza Eskandari Central Bank of Iran Tahmasb Mazaheri Elections Recent: Experts (2006), Local (2006) Provinces (ostānhā) Counties (shahrestānhā) Political parties Foreign relations

Other countries · Atlas  Politics Portal

Elections to the Majlis of Iran were held on 8 March, 1996. A total of 270 representatives were to be chosen (22 in 1997). A second round was held on 19 April, 1996, which filled 103 remaining seats where no candidate gained sufficient votes to win in the first round. 22 seats where reserved for the elections scheduled for February 1997.

While no political parties were in the running, the election offered an occasion for a large debate between a dozen Islamic factions, especially the conservative group led by Assembly Speaker Nategh-Nouri and the moderate wing headed by President of the Republic Ali Akbar Rafsanjani. In the first round the Combatant Clergy Association gained a majority but in the second round their opponents the Servants of Iran's Construction made gaines and eventually no one had a majority. The first sitting of the newly elected Parliament took place on 1 June. Summary of the 8 March 1996 and 19 April 1996 Majlis of Iran election results |- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Orientiation of candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% of Seats |- |align=left|Combatant Clergy Association | 10,963,922 | 45% | 110 | 40% |- |align=left|Servants of Iran's Construction | 7,973,762 | 32% | 80 | 30% |- |align=left|Others | 5,780,977 | 23% | 58 | 21% |- |align=left|Remain to be filled until elections in February 1997 | | | 22 | 12% |-

|align=left|Armenians recognized minority religion | | |2 |0.7% |- |align=left|Chaldean and Assyrian Catholic recognized minority religion | | |1 |0.3% |- |align=left|Jewish recognized minority religion | | |1 |0.3% |- |align=left|Zoroastrian recognized minority religion | | |1 |0.3% |- |align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (Turnout around 75 %) |width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|24,718,661 |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100 |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|275 |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100 |- |colspan=4|Source: IPU |}

Official statistics (from the Ministry of Interior)

• Total candidates: 4679
• Decided in the first round: 145 of 270 seats
• To be decided in the second round: 103 seats
• To be deceded in 1997: 22 seats
• Number of voters: 24,718,661

External links

Iranian elections, 1996

Iranian presidential elections
1980 | 1981 (Jul) | 1981 (Oct) | 1985 | 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2009
Iranian parliamentary elections
1909 | 1923 | 1962 | 1975 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008
Iranian Assembly of Experts elections
1983 | 1991 | 1999 | 2006
Iranian referendums
1963 | 1979 (Mar) | 1979 (Nov) | 1989

Donate to Wikimedia