Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2016
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Assembly of Experts election were held in Iran on 26 February 2016 to elect Assembly of Experts members. The 88 members[2] of the Assembly of Experts, known as mujtahids, are directly elected. The elections had been planned for 2014, but were delayed by a year in order to hold them alongside the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections.
The winning candidates of the Assembly of Experts' next term, lasting until 2024, possibly might have to choose the Next Supreme Leader of Iran, or at the very least plan for it.[3]
Registration and qualification process
Election date | N. C. Registered | +/− | N. C. Qualified | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | 168 | 146 | 86.90 | |
1990 | 180 | 12 | 100 | 55.55 |
1998 | 396 | 216 | 160 | 40.40 |
2006 | 493 | 280 | 146 | 29.61 |
2016 | 801 | 305 | 166 | 20.72 |
For the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 801 unprecedented aspirants registered to run in the elections. The number showed a 62.47% increase comparing to the previous election held in 2006.[5] Among the candidates there were 16 females, another unprecedented event. There have been no female members in the assembly since its establishment.[7]
On December 31, 2015 the Guardian Council announced that the 4-hour Ijtihad test would be held January 5, 2016 in Qom in order to indicate candidates with proper knowledge, specifying that no alternative test date would be offered. The Council invited 527 candidates to take the test, excluding the 152 who reportedly withdrew and 111 who were denied permission (for a total of 790). Of the 16 women who registered, 10 received invitations.[8]
Nearly 80% of candidates who applied for the Assembly were disqualified by the Guardian Council, including every female and Hassan Khomeini.[10]
4 incumbent members were disqualified:[11]
- Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi, Fars Province
- Mohammad Vaez Mousavi, East Azerbaijan Province
- Mojtaba Taheri Khorramabadi, Luristan Province
- Hassan Namazi, West Azerbaijan Province
Some of other famous disqualified candidates include:[11]
- Mehdi Ghoreishi
- Rasoul Montajabnia
- Kazem Seddiqi
- Morteza Agha-Tehrani
- Majid Ansari
- Mostafa Pourmohammadi
Disqualifications left 9 constituencies only one candidate per seat, in other terms 20% of seats would be won by an uncontested election.[12] Later Ministry of Interior declared that with Guardian Council's approval, some qualified candidates changed their electoral district to make the election competetive in the destination constituency.[13]
Statistics
University degree | Candidates (%) |
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Ph.D. | 103(12.85%) |
Master's | 95(11.86%) |
Bachelor's | 49(6.11%) |
Associate | 4(0.49%) |
Diploma | 88(10.98%) |
No degree (Only seminary education) | 462(57.67%) |
Gender | Candidates (%) |
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Male | 785(98%) |
Female | 16(2%) |
Status | Candidates (%) |
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Invited, Participated | 387(48.31%) |
Invited, Not Participated | 150(18.72%) |
Not Invited | 264(32.95%) |
Status | Candidates (%) |
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"Qualified" (تائید) | 166(20.72%) |
"Disqualified" (رد) | 207(25.84%) |
"Unlawful" (غیرمجاز) | 118(17.79%) |
Withdrew (انصرافی) | 158(19.72%) |
Absent in test (غیبت آزمون) | 150(18.72%) |
Unknown | 2(0.24%) |
Campaigns and voting
Background
In the previous election, The Two Societies endorsed 81 candidates in a joint statement and were able to win 69 seats out of 86. The reformists did not reach a coalition and lost the election.[17]
Alongside with the Parliamentary elections, it was the first election since the implementation of a landmark nuclear agreement between 5+1 and Iran that saw it curb sensitive nuclear activities in return for the lifting of sanctions against Iran. The deal was opposed by many hardliners but backed by moderates and reformists.[18]
Campaigning
In this election, contrary to the previous ones, The Two Societies did not reach a coalition and issued different lists. The main dispute between the two, was that whether they should support Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani candidacy or not. Combatant Clergy Association did support him and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom did not. There were three major electoral lists in election:[20]
- Combatant Clergy Association, led by Ali Movahedi-Kermani
- Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, led by Mohammad Yazdi
- People's Experts, led by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and endorsed by The List of Hope
“ | A British radio is giving instructions to people of Tehran to ‘vote for that given person, [and] do not vote for that given person!’... [People] should know what the enemy wants; when you know what the enemy wants, you act contrarily; this is obvious”. | ” |
— Ali Khamenei, Remarks in meeting with people of East Azarbaijan Province[21] |
On a 17 February public speech, Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei warns of subtle influence of foreign agents on the elections, stating that they are implementing new ploys in various ways to falsely polarize the election. He also condemned BBC Persian's programs on the elections and said that people will act differently from what they want.[22]
Hardliners attacked Ransanjani's list by calling it “The British list” (Persian: فهرست انگلیسی), implying that it is supported by the United Kingdom.[18]
Ahmad Khatami, the interim Friday prayer imam of Tehran spoken out in the Friday prayer: “British and foreign media outlets are asking our people not to vote for Jannati, Yazdi, Mesbah, Alamolhoda and I. This is none of your business; you nosy people should know that these five are the top choices of our people”.[23]
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani dismissed the charges and said "Such interpretations regarding British list (of candidates) is an insult to Iranian people's wisdom", in a meeting with the reformist and moderate candidates. He also deplored that 500 knowledgeable theologians and seminarians as well as university instructors were disqualified for the elections.[24] “They [the hard-liners] presently have no excuse to rage against us and insult us. Thus, they [the hard-liners] attribute phrases like ‘inside man’ and ‘British’ to the old revolutionaries... These figures have been defeated by the people and are now seeking to exact [their] revenge on the administration and President Rouhani”, he added.[23]
Despite the restrictions, reformists became well-organised to seek gains.[25] The reformists who were barred from public presence as a result of 2009 protests, tried to keep the flame alive online. The instant messaging service Telegram played an important role in the campaigning period. More than 20 million Iranians are reported to be on the messaging app. Mohammad Khatami, who is facing restrictions on activities and Iranian media (including State Television and Radio) are banned from mentioning his name or publishing the images him, released a video message online urging people to vote for “The List of Hope”, creating a huge momentum —The coalition of reformists and moderates, endorsed Rafsanjani's “People's Experts”.[25][26] Khatami's message was viewed more than 3 million times on Telegram in one day. Another poster shared on the app was viewed by a million people in 12 hours.[26]
“ | Dear people of Iran, the country needs your vote, Let's decide on a hopeful future for Iran on Friday. | ” |
— Hassan Rouhani, Text message sent to almost every cell phone in Iran[19] |
Two days before the election, President Hassan Rouhani took to text message almost every cell phone to drum up support in Friday's elections, tacitly endorsing the moderate list of hope.[19]
Results
Summary
According to the Associated Press, in a "historic win" moderate clerics defeated hardliners and dominated the assembly. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Hassan Rouhani, alongside 50 of their allies, secured 59% of the seats.[27] The moderates previously held around 20 seats in the assembly.[28]
In Tehran Province, Rafsnajani's People's Experts list received a landslide victory winning 15 of 16 seats[29] and were successful in establishing its "tactical/disapproval voting strategy",[30] causing Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi and Mohammad Yazdi to lose their seats. Considering the latter was Chairman of the Assembly of Experts, the voters also changed the officeholder. However, Ahmad Jannati placed 16th and got reelected.[18]
Compared to the previous term, 38% of the assembly has changed. Among the outgoing members, 9 were deceased (among them Ali Meshkini and Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani), 13 did not compete in the election (4 incumbents were disqualified,[11] like Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi and 9 did not seek reelection, most notably Abbas Vaez Tabasi) and 10 were not elected.[31]
According to a report published by the Iranian Students' News Agency, 27 seats went to Principlists while Reformists won 20 seats. 35 candidates were endorsed by both. Independent clerics who were not listed managed to win 6 seats.[32]
A statistical work on electoral lists by Khabaronline shows that The Two Societies have gained plurality. 27 seats were endorsed by all People's Experts, List of Hope, Combatant Clergy Association and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom lists. Combatant Clergy Association and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom won 5 and 3 exclusive seats respectively, while their joint lists won 24 seats. People's Experts won 19 exclusive seats.[29]
List | Seats Won | |||
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Exclusive | Shared | Total | ||
People's Experts/Hope | 19 | 27 | 46 / 88 (52%) | |
Combatant Clergy Association | 5 | 51 | 56 / 88 (64%) | |
Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom | 3 | 51 | 54 / 88 (61%) |
Another piece published by Khabaronline, indicates that Combatant Clergy Association leads the race winning 66 seats and Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and People's Experts have won 64 and 55 seats respectively. People's Experts has 16 exclusive winning candidates, the number is 3 for Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom while Combatant Clergy Association has no exclusive seat. The Two Societies have 25 shared seats and 35 candidates are endorsed by all three lists. At last, only four members of the assembly would be independent.[33]
Details
Tehran (16)
List | Seats Won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
People's Experts/Hope | 15 | |||
Friends of Moderation | 14 | |||
Combatant Clergy | 11 | |||
Seminary Teachers | 9 | |||
Total Seats | 16 |
Tehran Province[lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
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# | Candidates (27)[35] | Lists | Votes[36] | % | |||
CCA[37] | SST[38] | PE[39] | FoM[40] | ||||
1 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,301,492 | 51.13 | |
2 | Mohammed Emami-Kashani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,286,483 | 50.80 |
3 | Hassan Rouhani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,238,166 | 49.72 |
4 | Mohsen Qomi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,229,759 | 49.54 |
5 | Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,134,963 | 47.43 |
6 | Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,056,427 | 45.68 |
7 | Abolfazl Mir-Mohammadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,962,944 | 43.61 |
8 | Mohammad Reyshahri | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,952,563 | 43.38 |
9 | Ebrahim Amini | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,904,524 | 42.31 |
10 | Mahmoud Alavi | Yes | Yes | 1,706,855 | 37.92 | ||
11 | Nasrollah Shahabadi | Yes | 1,445,142 | 32.10 | |||
12 | Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,442,224 | 32.04 | |
13 | Mohsen Esmaeili | Yes | Yes | 1,422,935 | 31.61 | ||
14 | Mohammad-Hassan Zali | Yes | Yes | 1,354,756 | 30.09 | ||
15 | Hashem Bathaei | Yes | Yes | 1,324,344 | 29.42 | ||
16 | Ahmad Jannati | Yes | Yes | 1,321,130 | 29.35 | ||
17? | Mohammad Yazdi | Yes | Yes | >1,208,643 | ? | ||
18? | Mohammad Sajjadi Ata-Abadi | Yes | Yes | >1,160,630 | ? | ||
19? | Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi | Yes | Yes | >985,692 | ? | ||
20? | Baqer Baqeri-Kani | Yes | Yes | >941,206 | ? | ||
21? | Ali Momenpour | Yes | >934,356 | ? | |||
22? | Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghadam | Yes | Yes | >923,248 | ? | ||
23? | Alireza Arafi | Yes | Yes | >884,914 | ? | ||
24? | Abbas-Ali Akhtari | >876,054 | ? | ||||
25? | Mohammad Reza Modarresi-Yazdi | Yes | Yes | >830,077 | ? | ||
26? | Mohammad-Ali Amin | Yes | ? | ? | |||
27? | Hashem Hamidi | Yes | ? | ? | |||
Blank or Invalid Votes[1] | 322,370 | 7.16 | |||||
Total Votes[36] | 4,500,894 |
Razavi Khorasan (6)
List | Seats Won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
The Two Societies | 6 | |||
People's Experts/Hope | 3 | |||
Total Seats | 6 |
Razavi Khorasan Province | |||||||
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# | Candidates (10)[41] | Lists[42][43][44] | Votes[29][45] | % | |||
CCA | SST | PE | R | ||||
1 | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi | Yes | 1,499,109 | 53.91 | |||
2 | Hassan Alemi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,285,990 | 46.24 | |
3 | Ahmad Alamolhoda | Yes | 1,235,565 | 44.43 | |||
4 | Ahmad Hosseini-Khorasani | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,180,249 | 42.44 | |
5 | Mojtaba Hosseini | Yes | 897,028 | 32.25 | |||
6 | Mohammad Hadi Abdekhodayi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 873,143 | 31.40 | |
7 | Mohammad Saeidi-Golpayegani | Yes | 728,894 | 26.21 | |||
8 | Ali Ghorbani | Yes | 681,131 | 24.49 | |||
9 | Mahmoud Madani-Bajestani | Yes | Yes | 675,809 | 24.30 | ||
10 | Mohammad Mehdi Abbasi | 132,586 | 4.76 | ||||
Total Votes[46] | 2,780,639 |
Khuzestan (6)
List | Seats Won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Combatant Clergy | 5 | |||
Seminary Teachers | 5 | |||
People's Experts/Hope | 3 | |||
Total Seats | 6 |
Khuzestan Province | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | Candidates (7)[41] | Lists | Votes | % | |||
CCA[47] | SST[48] | PE[43] | R[44] | ||||
1 | Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 783,004 | 39.28 |
2 | Abbas Kaebi | Yes | Yes | 713,521 | 35.79 | ||
3 | Mohsen Heidari Ale-Kathir | Yes | Yes | 668,417 | 33.53 | ||
4 | Ali Shafiei | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 606,294 | 30.41 |
5 | Abdolkarim Farhani | Yes | Yes | 551,502 | 27.66 | ||
6 | Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi | Yes | Yes | 448,825 | 22.51 | ||
7 | Ali Fallahian | Yes | ? | ||||
Total Votes[49] | 1,993,259 |
East Azerbaijan (5)
List | Seats Won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
The Two Societies | 4 | |||
People's Experts/Hope | 4 | |||
Total Seats | 5 |
East Azerbaijan Province | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | Candidates (6)[41] | Lists[50][43][44] | Votes[51] | % | |||
CCA | SST | PE | R | ||||
1 | Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari | Yes | 743,818 | 41.53 | |||
2 | Ali Malakouti | Yes | Yes | Yes | 688,700 | 38.45 | |
3 | Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 570,445 | 31.85 | |
4 | Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi | Yes | Yes | 476,888 | 26.63 | ||
5 | Mohammad Feyzi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 415,041 | 23.17 | |
6 | Javad Hajizadeh | Yes | 354,660 | 19.80 | |||
Blank or Invalid Votes[51] | 207,650 | 11.59 | |||||
Total Votes[51] | 1,790,789 |
Isfahan (5)
List | Seats Won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
The Two Societies | 5 | |||
People's Experts/Hope | 2 | |||
Total Seats | 5 |
Isfahan Province | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | Candidates (14)[41] | Lists[47][48][43][44] | Votes[52] | % | |||
CCA | SST | PE | R | ||||
1 | Yousef Tabatabaei | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,041,564 | 52.70 | |
2 | Abolhassan Mahdavi | Yes | 840,238 | 42.52 | |||
3 | Morteza Moghtadaei | Yes | Yes | Yes | 825,371 | 41.76 | |
4 | Abdolnabi Namazi | Yes | 822,961 | 41.64 | |||
5 | Mahmoud Abdollahi | Yes | 491,974 | 24.89 | |||
6 | Mohammad Omumi | 369,729 | 18.71 | ||||
7 | Abdolrasoul Ghassemi-Kajani | Yes | Yes | 363,121 | 18.37 | ||
8 | Hassan Shariati-Niasar | Yes | Yes | 353,805 | 17.90 | ||
9 | Mohammad Ali Faqihi | 324,772 | 16.43 | ||||
10 | Hamid Elahidoust | 287,360 | 14.54 | ||||
11 | Mohsen Faqihi | 126,569 | 6.40 | ||||
— | Asghar Matinpour | Yes | — | ||||
Blank or Invalid Votes[53] | 283,024 | 14.32 | |||||
Total Votes[53] | 1,976,061 |
Fars (5)
List | Seats Won | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
The Two Societies | 3 | |||
People's Experts/Hope | 3 | |||
Total Seats | 5 |
Fars Province | |||||||
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# | Candidates (8)[41] | Lists[47][48] | Votes[54] | ||||
CCA | SST | PE | R | ||||
1 | Ali-Asghar Dastgheib | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,537,081 | ||
2 | Ahmad Beheshti | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,023,064 | ||
3 | Asadollah Imani | Yes | 955,206 | ||||
4 | Mohammad Faqih | Yes | Yes | 560,614 | |||
5 | Ali-Akabar Kalantari | 555,939 | |||||
6 | Ali Sheikh-Movahed | Yes | Yes | Yes | 527,092 | ||
7 | Gholamali Safaei-Boushehri | Yes | 525,597 | ||||
8 | Ali Edalat | Yes | Yes | 443,412 | |||
Total Votes[54] | 2,151,847 |
Provinces with 4 seats and less
# | Candidates[41] | Lists[47][48][43][44] | Votes[29] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CCA | SST | PE | R | ||||
Gilan Province (4) | |||||||
1 | Ali Hosseini-Eshkevari | Yes | Yes | Yes | 354,918 | ||
2 | Zeinolabedin Ghorbani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 331,283 | |
3 | Reza Ramezani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 330,606 | |
4 | Ahmad Parvaei | 305,073 | |||||
5 | Mehdi Rahnama | 249,471 | |||||
6 | Sadegh Alamolhoda | Yes | Yes | 194,679 | |||
7 | Hossein Radayi | 69,005 | |||||
Total Votes[55] | 1,173,241 | ||||||
Mazandaran Province (4) | |||||||
1 | Sadegh Larijani | Yes | 682,817 | ||||
2 | Nourollah Tabarsi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 612,673 | ||
3 | Ali Moallemi | Yes | 556,750 | ||||
4 | Rahim Tavakkol | Yes | Yes | 488,817 | |||
5 | Akbar Seifi-Mazandarani | Yes | 345,058 | ||||
6 | Sadegh Pishnamazi | Yes | Yes | 275,018 | |||
7 | Hossein Goli-Shirdar | Yes | Yes | 184,472 | |||
Total Votes[56] | 1,618,263 | ||||||
West Azerbaijan Province (3) | |||||||
1 | Ali Akbar Ghoreishi | Yes | 822,027 | ||||
2 | Asgar Dirbaz | Yes | 397,407 | ||||
3 | Javad Mojtahed Shabestari | 247,240 | |||||
4 | Mansour Mazaheri-Krouni | Yes | Yes | 237,279 | |||
5 | Abbas Rafati | Yes | 176,052 | ||||
Total Votes[57] | 1,511,652 | ||||||
Kerman Province (3) | |||||||
1 | Ahmad Khatami | Yes | 701,972 | ||||
2 | Mohammad Bahrami-Khoshkar | Yes | Yes | Yes | 672,608 | ||
3 | Amanollah Alimoradi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 559,656 | ||
4 | Jalil Sadr-Tabatabaei | Yes | Yes | 486,107 | |||
5 | Ahmad Shaykh Bahāʾī | 224,059 | |||||
Total Votes[58] | 1,310,234 | ||||||
Ardabil Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Hassan Ameli | Yes | Yes | Yes | 382,854 | ||
2 | Fakhraddin Mousavi | Yes | Yes | 254,462 | |||
3 | Sadegh Mohammadi-Jazeyi | Yes | ? | ||||
Total Votes[59] | 612,320 | ||||||
Alborz Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Mohammad-Mehdi Mirbagheri | Yes | 348,431 | ||||
2 | Mohsen Kazeroun | Yes | Yes | Yes | 282,856 | ||
3 | Sadegh Razzaghi | Yes | Yes | 234,398 | |||
4 | Mohammad-Ali Modarresi Mosalla | Yes | 183,777 | ||||
5 | Hossein Tajabadi | 56,357 | |||||
6 | Ali Rahmanifard | 55,170 | |||||
Total Votes[60] | 800,257 | ||||||
Sistan and Baluchestan Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Ali-Ahmadi Salami[lower-alpha 3] | Yes | Yes | Yes | 732,289 | ||
2 | Abbasali Soleimani | Yes | Yes | Yes | 417,867 | ||
3 | Mohammad Hossein Bayati | 201,088 | |||||
Total Votes[61] | 1,117,261 | ||||||
Qazvin Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Ali Eslami | Yes | 291,051 | ||||
2 | Majid Talkhabi | Yes | Yes | 209,726 | |||
3 | Mahmoud Rajabi | Yes | 170,612 | ||||
Total Votes[62] | 539,543 | ||||||
Kurdistan Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Faegh Rostami[lower-alpha 3] | Yes | Yes | 144,513 | |||
2 | Anvar Adami[lower-alpha 3] | 136,359 | |||||
3 | Abdolrahman Khodaei[lower-alpha 3] | Yes | Yes | Yes | 135,341 | ||
4 | Mohammad Hosseini-Shahroudi | Yes | 133,877 | ||||
5 | Eghbal Bahmani[lower-alpha 3] | 124,749 | |||||
Total Votes[63] | 620,458 | ||||||
Kermanshah Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Amanollah Narimani | Yes | Yes | 381,623 | |||
2 | Mahmoud Mahmoudi-Araghi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 272,292 | ||
3 | Alireza Mostashari | 263,438 | |||||
4 | Hassan Mamdouhi | Yes | 250,382 | ||||
Total Votes (Excluding blank or invalid votes)[64] | 448,355 | ||||||
Golestan Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Kazem Nourmofidi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 486,286 | ||
2 | Abdolhadi Mortazavi-Shahroudi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 365,881 | ||
3 | Hosseinali Saʾdī | 296,133 | |||||
Total Votes[65] | 1,148,300 | ||||||
Markazi Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Mohsen Araki | Yes | 242,146 | ||||
2 | Ahmad Mohseni Gorgani | Yes | Yes | Yes | 207,655 | ||
3 | Kazem Sepasi-Ashtiani | 182,231 | |||||
4 | Javad Mousavi | Yes | Yes | 176,207 | |||
5 | Ahmad Momen | 32,960 | |||||
Total Votes[66] | 634,545 | ||||||
Hamedan Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Mostafa Mousavi | Yes | 441,321 | ||||
2 | Ghiassedin Mohammadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 319,656 | ||
3 | Ali Razini | Yes | Yes | ≈215,000 | |||
4 | Habibollah Shaʾbani | ≈187,000 | |||||
Total Votes[67] | 845,253 | ||||||
Luristan Province (2) | |||||||
1 | Ahmad Moballeghi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 400,732 | ||
2 | Hashem Niazi | Yes | 382,523 | ||||
3 | Mohammad-Naghi Shahrokhi | Yes | Yes | 345,663 | |||
Total Votes[68] | 884,144 | ||||||
Ilam Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Mohsen Saeidi | Yes | 136,919 | ||||
2 | Mehdi Khatibi | 81,962 | |||||
Total Votes[69] | 323,811 | ||||||
Bushehr Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Hashem Boushehri | Yes | Yes | Yes | 374,147 | ||
2 | Gholamreza Fayyazi | 33,149 | |||||
Blank or Invalid Votes[lower-alpha 4] | 60,659 | ||||||
Total Votes[70] | 467,945 | ||||||
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Alireza Eslamian | Yes | 245,278 | ||||
2 | Reza Mokhtari-Esfidvajani | Yes | Yes | 162,673 | |||
3 | Mohammad Ali Khazayili | 16,673 | |||||
Total Votes[71] | 424,747 | ||||||
South Khorasan Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Ebrahim Raeesi | Yes | 325,048 | ||||
2 | Ebrahim Rabbani | Yes | Yes | 81,083 | |||
Total Votes[72] | 406,131 | ||||||
North Khorasan Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Habibollah Mehmannavaz | Yes | 176,136 | ||||
2 | Ali Mohammadi-Khorasani | Yes | Yes | 126,775 | |||
3 | Hamid Havali-Shahriari | 110,773 | |||||
Total Votes[73] | 448,355 | ||||||
Zanjan Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Mohammad Reza Doulabi | Yes | 193,558 | ||||
2 | Esmaeil Nouri-Zanjani | Yes | Yes | Yes | 175,498 | ||
3 | Abdollah Amirkhani | 76,932 | |||||
Total Votes[74] | 445,989 | ||||||
Semnan Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Mohammad Shahcheraghi | Yes | Yes | 224,215 | |||
2 | Abdolamir Khattat | 48,424 | |||||
Total Votes[75] | 325,049 | ||||||
Qom Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Mohammad Momen | Yes | 333,149 | ||||
2 | Maysam Doust-Mohammadi[lower-alpha 5] | 43,625 | |||||
Total Votes[77] | 472,549 | ||||||
Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Sharafeddin Malek-Hosseini | Yes | Yes | Yes | 327,864 | ||
2 | Mohammad Kazem Mousavinasab | 36,881 | |||||
Total Votes[78] | 400,617 | ||||||
Hormozgan Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Ruhollah Sadrossadati | 420,699 | |||||
2 | Gholamali Naeimabadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | ?[lower-alpha 6] | ||
Total Votes[80] | 763,152 | ||||||
Yazd Province (1) | |||||||
1 | Abolghassem Vafi | Yes | Yes | Yes | 328,206 | ||
2 | Mohammad Reza Mohassel | 101,325 | |||||
Total Votes[81] | 429,531 |
Turnout
Turnout was officially declared 62%. The official results was disputed by BBC Persian columnist.[1]
Reactions
- Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei said that “the people really shone brightly in the elections and participation of 62% of the qualified people in the election is a high percentage compared to many countries even the U.S.”. The Leader said the next Assembly of Experts is duty bound to “remain revolutionary, think revolutionary and act revolutionary”. He also praised the “decent behavior” of the candidates who failed to win the votes and noted a failure by Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi and Mohammad Yazdi to win seats in the Assembly of Experts was a “damage” to the Assembly.[84]
Aftermath
Electing new chairman
On 24 May 2016, the Assembly held its new session to elect the chairman. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani did not put his name[85] and allegedly asked Ebrahim Amini to step forward for the office.[86] The results of the voting were as follows:[87]
Candidate | Votes |
---|---|
Ahmad Jannati | 51 / 88 (58%) |
Ebrahim Amini | 21 / 88 (24%) |
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi | 13 / 88 (15%) |
Blank or Invalid votes | 1 / 88 |
Absent voters | 2 / 88 |
The appointment of Ahmad Jannati signaled that despite recent gains by moderates, hard-liners remain the dominant force within the assembly.[85]
Notes
- ↑ Exact number of total candidates is 801. Provincial details may be inaccurate.
- ↑ In the final results published by Ministry of Interior, only details for top 16 candidates is mentioned. Statistics for the rest of candidates (such as their rank and number of votes) has been extracted from Statement No. 83 of the ministry which is accurate at the time it was published (28 February 2016, 18:37 local time), and is not final.[34]
- 1 2 3 4 5 Belongs to Iran's Sunni community.
- ↑ According to local media, more than 90% (≈55,000) of invalid ballots were votes to Hassan Khomeini, who was disqualified from running in Tehran by the Guardian Council.[70]
- ↑ Born in 1991 (1370 SH) was the youngest candidate qualified by the Guardian Council with 24 years old and was an unknown figure.[76]
- ↑ According to "unofficial" results published by Tabnak, he has gained 271,231 votes.[79]
See also
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