2012 Iranian legislative election

2012 Iranian legislative election

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All 290 seats to the Islamic Consultative Assembly
146 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout66.2%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ali Larijani Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi Mohsen Rezaee
Party Stability Front
Alliance United Front of Principlists Resistance Front
Leader's seat Qom Did not stand[c] Did not stand[a]
Seats won 133[d]
36+97
83[e]
18+65
70[b]
18+52
Percentage 45.86% 28.62% 24.13%
Political camp Principlists Principlists Principlists

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Mostafa Kavakebian Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Esfandiar Mashaei
Shahabodin Sadr
Party
Alliance Reformists Front Justice Discourse
Monotheism and Justice Front
Insight and Islamic Awakening Front[f]
Leader's seat Semnan[6]
(defeated)
Did not stand[g] Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
(disqualified)
Seats won 13[3] 9[7] 7
Percentage 4.48% 3.10% 2.41%
Political camp Reformists Principlists Principlists

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Ali Motahari Mohammad Khatami
Party
Alliance People's Voice[h] Council for coordinating the Reforms Front
Leader's seat Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Did not stand[i]
Seats won 2[3]
Percentage 0.68% 0%
Political camp Principlists Reformists

Speaker before election

Ali Larijani
United Front of Principlists

Elected Speaker

Ali Larijani
United Front of Principlists

The parliamentary election for the 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly, or Majlis, were held in Iran on Friday, 2 March 2012 with a second round on 4 May 2012 in those 65 districts where no candidate received 25% or more of the votes cast. More than 5,000 candidates registered but more than a third were disqualified[9] by the Guardian Council leaving about 3,400 candidates to run for the 290 seat representing the 31 provinces.

The election has been described by journalists and analysts "as a contest between" Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,[9] with Khamenei supporters winning a large majority of seats.[10] Iranian officials and state media have described the election as a sign of Iranians' trust in the Islamic Republic and a message to the West rejecting pressure over Iran's nuclear program.[10][11] Although no final election turnout figures were released,[11] state media emphasized that voter turnout was high.[11]

The parliament has "no direct control over key foreign and security policy matters" but some influence over those policies and coming elections.[11] In the wake of the crushing of reformist protest against the 2009 election results, few if any reformist candidates were allowed by the Guardian Council to run.[12] The new parliament was opened on 27 May 2012.

  1. ^ Ehteshami, Anoushiravan (2017). "Politics of the Islamic Republic". Iran: Stuck in Transition. The Contemporary Middle East. Taylor & Francis. p. 63. ISBN 9781351985451.
  2. ^ "Political road map of Iran before the Parliamentary (Majlis) elections". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "تعداد و درصد گرايش سياسي نمايندگان مجلس نهم". Mizan Online. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  4. ^ Bozorgmehr, Najmeh (February 23, 2012). "Hardline group emerges as Iran poll threat". Financial Times. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  5. ^ "تشديد اختلافات در آستانه انتخابات؛ اصولگرايان هشت فهرست انتخاباتي مي دهند" (in Persian). Radio Farda. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  6. ^ "خواهر احمدي نژاد شکست خورد/ کواکبيان هم به مجلس نرفت" (in Persian). Khabar Online. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  7. ^ a b "ناکامان بزرگ انتخابات مجلس نهم" (in Persian). Deutsche Welle. 5 January 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
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  9. ^ a b Iran elections clouded by doubts 02 Mar 2012
  10. ^ a b Elections in Iran Favor Ayatollah’s Allies, Dealing Blow to President and His Office By NEIL MacFARQUHAR| 4 March 2012
  11. ^ a b c d Iran Elections 2012: Ahmadinejad Routed By Rivals By ALI AKBAR DAREINI 05/05/12]
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference AP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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