Iranian legislative election, 1996

Iranian legislative election, 1996
Iran
8 March and 19 April 1996
All 270 seats of Islamic Consultative Assembly
135 seats needed for a majority
Registered 24,716,692[1]
Turnout 71.10%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Mehdi Karoubi Gholamhossein Karbaschi
Party Combatant Clergy Association
and allies		 Association of Combatant Clerics
and allies		 Executives of Construction Party
and allies
Leader since 1979 1988 1996
Leader's seat Did not stand Did not stand Did not stand
Seats before 150 0 New
Seats won 110 80 80
Seat change Decrease 40 Increase 80 Increase 80
Percentage 40.7% 29.6% 29.6%
Speaker before election

Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
Combatant Clergy Association

 Elected Speaker

Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
Combatant Clergy Association

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 8 March 1996, with a second round on 19 April.[2] The Combatant Clergy Association and its allies emerged as the largest bloc in the Majlis, winning 110 of the 270 seats.[3]

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 and Chaldeans.[4]

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.[4]

Campaign

A total of 3,726 candidates contested the elections, including around 326 women.[4] 145 seats were won in the first round of voting.[5]

Main groups contesting in the elections were:[6]

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 organizaion announced its intention to withdraw from the election. The election was boycotted by the National Front and Nation Party.[7]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Combatant Clergy Association and allies 110–40
Combatant Clerics of Tehran and allies 80+80
Executives of Construction Party and allies 80New
Invalid/blank votes –––
Total24,716,6921002700
Registered voters/turnout ––
Source: Nohlen et al.

Aftermath

The newly elected Majlis met for the first time on 1 June.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "1996 Parliamentary Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
  2. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p68 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  3. ↑ Nohlen et al, p74
  4. 1 2 3 Iran IPU
  5. 1 2 Elections held in 1996 IPU
  6. ↑ Beheshti, Ebrahim (4 January 2016) [14 Dey 1394]. "گزارش "ایران" از صف‌آرایی گروه‌های سیاسی در ۹ دوره انتخابات مجلس" (in Persian) (6116). Iran. 109221. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "IRAN", Human Rights Watch World Report 1997: Events of 1996, Human Rights Watch, 1996, p. 282, ISBN 9781564322074
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