Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see political parties in Iran. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Iran.| Iranian presidential election, 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Alliance of Builders | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (inc.) | 24,527,516 | 62.63% | |||
| Green Movement | Mir-Hossein Mousavi | 13,216,411 | 33.75% | |||
| Moderation and Development | Mohsen Rezaee | 678,240 | 1.73% | |||
| National Trust | Mehdi Karroubi | 333,635 | 0.85% | |||
| Valid votes | 38,755,802 | 98.95% | ||||
| Blank or invalid votes | 409,389 | 1.05% | ||||
| Totals | 39,165,191 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 85% | |||||
| Sources: Ministry of Interior of Iran | ||||||
- More info: Iranian presidential election, 2009
For the parliamentary elections of February 20, 2004, the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced a 50% turnout, the lowest in any general election since 1979. It was disputed by the Guardian Council, which claimed the result was closer to 60%. Conservative forces received 54% (156 seats), reformists received 14% of the vote (40 seats), and independents (34 seats); 60 seats were up for runoff election in May 2004. In the run-up to the election many reformist candidates, including about 80 members of the outgoing parliament, were disqualified by the Guardian Council; more than a 100 MPs protested by staging a sit-in in the parliament that lasted for about 3 weeks and ended to no avail. About 120 MPs then resigned and major reformist parties and groups stated they will not take part in the election but did not boycott it. The crisis resulted in a crack in the reformist front, when the Militant Clerics League, of which President Khatami is a member, announced they will participate in the election.
| Coalition | Seats (1st rd.) | Seats (2nd rd.) | Seats (Total) | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives | 143 | 52 | 195 | 67.2% |
| Reformists | 31 | 20 | 51 | 17.9% |
| Independents | 29 | 10 | 39 | 13.4% |
| Armenians recognized minority religion | 2 | 2 | 0.6% | |
| Assyrian and Chaldean (Catholic) recognized minority religion | 1 | 1 | 0.3% | |
| Jewish recognized minority religion | 1 | 1 | 0.3% | |
| Zoroastrian recognized minority religion | 1 | 1 | 0.3% | |
| Total (Turnout: 60%) | 208 | 82 | 290 | 100% |
| Source: IPU | ||||
- More info: Iranian legislative election, 2008
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