Elections in Iran

Politics of Iran

Government of Islamic Republic of Iran

Leadership

* Supreme Leader

Ali Khamenei
* Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist

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* Assembly of Experts

Chairman: Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani

Executive

* President (list)

Masoud Pezeshkian
* First Vice President (list)

Mohammad Reza Aref
* Supervisor of Presidential Administration

Mohsen Haji-Mirzaei
* Cabinet

Government of Masoud Pezeshkian

Legislative

* Islamic Consultative Assembly

Speaker: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
* Supreme Audit Court

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* Guardian Council

Chairman: Ahmad Jannati

Judicial

* Chief Justice

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ezhe'i
* Attorney General

Mohammad Movahedi-Azad
* Supreme Court
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* Supreme National Security Council

Secretary: Ali Akbar Ahmadian
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Chairman: Sadeq Larijani

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Iran elects on a national level a head of government (the president), a legislature (the Majlis), and an "Assembly of Experts" (which elects the Supreme Leader). City and Village Council elections are also held every four years throughout the entire country. The president is elected for a four-year term by the citizens. The Parliament or Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis-e Shura-ye Eslami) currently has 290 members, also elected for a four-year term in multi- and single-seat constituencies. Elections for the Assembly of Experts are held every eight years. All candidates have to be approved by the Guardian Council. See Politics of Iran for more details.

Until January 2007, when it was raised to 18, the voting age was 15 years, the lowest globally at the time.[1]

The most recent Iranian presidential election was held on 28 June 2024 and the most recent legislative election on 1 March 2024.

## Elections since 1979

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### Presidential elections

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Main article: List of Iranian presidential elections

### Majlis elections

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Main articles: List of Iranian legislative elections and Electoral districts of Iran

## Latest elections

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### 2024 presidential election

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Main article: 2024 Iranian presidential election

Candidate| Party or alliance| First round| Second round

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Votes| %| Votes| %
| Masoud Pezeshkian| Independent politician| | Iranian reformists| 10,415,991| 44.36| 16,384,403| 54.76
| Saeed Jalili| Independent politician| | Iranian principlists| 9,473,298| 40.35| 13,538,179| 45.24
| Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf| Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran| | Iranian principlists| 3,383,340| 14.41|
| Mostafa Pourmohammadi| Combatant Clergy Association| | Iranian principlists| 206,397| 0.88|
Total| 23,479,026| 100.00| 29,922,582| 100.00

### 2024 Assembly of Experts election

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Main article: 2024 Iranian Assembly of Experts election

2024 Iranian Assembly of Experts election

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| <- 2016 | 1 March 2024 |

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Turnout| 40%
| Party  | Leader  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/–

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| Principlists | Movahedi Kermani | 65.91  | 58  | −7
| Iranian Reformists | N/A  | 2.27  | 2  | −17
| Independent | N/A  | 31.82  | 28  | +24

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

List of Chairmen of the Assembly of Experts before | List of Chairmen of the Assembly of Experts after

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Ahmad Jannati | Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani

### 2024 parliamentary election

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Main article: 2024 Iranian legislative election

Party| Seats
| Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces| 107
| People's Alliance of Islamic Revolution| 79
| Voice of the Nation| 45
| Unity Council| 13
| Independents| 41
Seats reserved for religious minorities| 5
Total| 290

## See also

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* Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa#Iran
* Iran Electoral Archive
* List of political parties in Iran#Opposition parties active in exile

## References

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1. ^ O'Toole, Pam (12 March 2008). "Iran's first-time voters split". BBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2010.

## External links

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Election Data Archives

* The Outcome of Iran’s Parliamentary Elections
* Iran Data Portal, Princeton University
* Iran Electoral Archive, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
* Results of parliamentary elections, Inter-Parliamentary Union
* Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive

other

* 2009 Iranian elections page on BBC Persian
* BBC Persian on Iran presidential elections
* Video Archive of Iranian Elections

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Elections and referendums in Iran

Presidential|

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Parliamentary|

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Assembly of Experts|

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Senate|

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Local|

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Constituent|

* 1925
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Referendums|

* 1953
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* 1989

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Electoral districts of Iran

Ardabil|

* Ardabil, Nir, Namin and Sareyn
* Germi
* Khalkhal and Kowsar
* Meshginshahr
* Parsabad and Bilesavar

East Azerbaijan|

* Ahar and Heris
* Bonab
* Bostanabad‎
* Hashtrud and Charuymaq‎
* Kaleybar, Khoda Afarin and Hurand
* Malekan
* Maragheh and Ajabshir‎
* Marand and Jolfa
* Mianeh
* Sarab
* Shabestar
* Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr‎
* Varzaqan

Fars|

* Shiraz

Gilan|

* Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh
* Astara
* Bandar-e Anzali
* Fuman and Shaft
* Siahkal
* Langarud
* Rasht
* Roudsar and Amlash
* Rudbar
* Sowme'eh Sara
* Talesh, Rezvanshahr and Masal

Isfahan|

* Golpayegan and Khvansar
* Isfahan
* Natanz and Qamsar

Qom|

* Qom

Razavi Khorasan|

* Mashhad and Kalat

Tehran|

* Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr

West Azerbaijan|

* Bukan
* Khoy and Chaypareh
* Mahabad
* Maku, Chaldoran, Poldasht and Showt
* Miandoab, Shahin Dezh and Takab
* Naqadeh and Oshnavieh
* Piranshahr and Sardasht
* Salmas
* Urmia

Zanjan|

* Abhar and Khorramdarreh
* Khodabandeh
* Mahneshan and Ijrud
* Zanjan and Tarom

Minorities|

* Armenians
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* Jewish
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Iran topics

History

Prehistory

Ancient|

| 3400–539 BC|

* Kura-Araxes culture (3400–2000 BC)
* Proto-Elamite civilization (3100–2700 BC)
* Elamite dynasties (2700–540 BC)
* Akkadian Empire (c.2334 BC–c.2154 BC)
* Lullubi (c.2300–675 BC)
* Kassites (c.1595–c.1155 BC)
* Kingdom of Mannai (10th–7th century BC)
* Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BC)
* Urartu (860 BC–590 BC)
* Median Empire (678–549 BC)
* Scythian Kingdom (652–625 BC)
* Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 BC)

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550 BC–AD 224|

* Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC)
* Atropatene (c.323 BC–AD 226)
* Kingdom of Armenia (321 BC–AD 428)
* Kingdom of Cappadocia (320s BC–AD 17)
* Seleucid Empire (312–63 BC)
* Frataraka (c.295–220 BC)
* Kingdom of Pontus (281 BC–AD 62)
* Parthian Empire (247 BC–AD 224)
* Kings of Persis (after 132 BC–AD 224)

AD 224–651|

* Sasanian Empire (AD 224–651)

Medieval and
early modern|

| 632–1090|

* Rashidun Caliphate (632–661)
* Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)
* Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258)
* Samanid dynasty (819–999)
* Tahirid dynasty (821–873)
* Alavid dynasty (864–928)
* Saffarid dynasty (861–1003)
* Ziyarid dynasty (931–1090)
* Buyid dynasty (934–1062)

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977–1432|

* Ghaznavid Empire (977–1186)
* Ghurid dynasty (1011–1215)
* Seljuk Empire (1037–1194)
* Anushtegin dynasty (1077–1231)
* Eldiguzids (1135/36-1225)
* Kart dynasty (1244–1381)
* Ilkhanate (1256–1335)
* Muzaffarid dynasty (1314–1393)
* Jalayirid Sultanate dynasty (1335–1432)
* Chobanid dynasty (1338–1357)

1370–1925|

* Timurid Empire (1370–1507)
* Qara Qoyunlu Turcomans (1374–1468)
* Aq Qoyunlu Turcomans (1378–1508)
* Safavid Empire (1501–1736)
* Afsharid Empire (1736–1796)
* Zand Dynasty (1751–1794)
* Qajar Empire (1789–1925)
* Khanates of Azerbaijan (18th–20th centuries)
* Khanates of the Caucasus (18th–19th centuries)
* Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911)
* 1908 bombardment of the Majlis
* Kurdish separatism in Iran (1918–)
* 1921 Persian coup d'état
* Arab separatism in Khuzestan (1922–2020)

Modern|

| 1925–1979|

* Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979)
* Shatt al-Arab dispute (1936–1975)
* Iran crisis of 1946
* Insurgency in Balochistan (1948–)
* 1949 Iranian Constituent Assembly election
* 1953 coup d'état
* Iranian revolution (1979)

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Islamic Republic
1979–present|

* History (1979–)
* Interim Government (1979)
* March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum
* 1979 Khuzestan insurgency
* Iran hostage crisis (1979–1981)
* December 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum
* Iranian Embassy siege (1980)
* Nojeh coup plot (1980)
* Iran–Iraq War (1980–88)
* Interim Government of Iran (1981)
* 1987 Mecca incident
* Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown (1988)
* KDPI insurgency (1989–1996)
* PJAK conflict (2004–)
* 2009 Iranian presidential election protests
* Syrian civil war (2011–)
* International military intervention against the Islamic State (2014–)
* Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (2015)
* United States withdrawal (2018)
* 2017–2018 Iranian protests
* 2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests
* COVID-19 pandemic
* 2019 Sistan and Baluchestan protests
* 2019–2020 Iranian protests
* 2021 Sistan and Baluchestan protests
* 2021–2022 Iranian protests

See also|

* Ancient Persians
* Greater Iran
* Persianization
* Persianate society
* Turco-Persian
* Indo-Persian
* Iranic peoples
* languages
* Jiroft culture
* Aryans
* Azerbaijanis
* Peoples of the Caucasus
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* History of democracy in classical Iran
* Military history
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Sectors|

* Agriculture (fruit)
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* Construction
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State-owned
companies|

* Defense Industries Organization (DIO)
* Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO)
* Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO)
* Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)
* National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)
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Places|

* Asaluyeh industrial corridor
* Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone
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