The 2016 Iranian Parliamentary Election was held on Feb 26,2016 to elect 290 Members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
The 290-seat Islamic Consultative Assembly has 285 directly elected members and five seats reserved for the Zoroastrians,Jews,Assyrian and Chaldean Christians and Armenians(one for Armenians in the north of Iran and one for Armenians in the south
The 285 directly elected seats are elected from 196 constituencies, which are a mix of single and multi-member. In single-member constituencies candidates must receive at least one-third of the votes in the first round. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round is held with the two highest-vote candidates
There were 54,915,024 registered voters (in Iran, the Voting Age is 18)
More than 12,000 people filed to run for office and Nomination of 5,200 of candidates, mostly Reformists were rejected by the Guardian Council and 612 individuals withdrew.
According to Iranian law, in order to qualify as a candidate one must:
A second round is scheduled to be held on Friday April 292016 for some constituencies where candidates failed to obtain the required minimum 25 % of votes cast
Polls opened at 8 a.m. Friday and nearly 17 million Iranians are eligible to vote
An Iranian woman casts her ballot for the parliamentary runoff elections in a polling station at the city of Qods about 12 miles (20 kilometers) west of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 29, 2016
Iranians voted Friday April 29,2016 in the country’s parliamentary runoff elections, state media reported, a key polling that is expected to decide exactly how much power moderate forces backing President Hassan Rouhani will have in the next legislature.
The balloting is for the remaining 68 positions in the 290-seat chamber that were not decided in February’s general election, in which Rouhani’s allies won an initial majority.
In February 2016, a bloc of reformists and moderate allies of Rouhani won an initial majority — 106 seats — in a vote that saw a 62% turnout. The bloc needs to win 40 seats on Friday April 29,2016 to ensure its control over the parliament
But hard-liners, who have in the past controlled the chamber and who only won 64 seats in February, are also hoping to boost their presence in the next parliament
The elected MPs will serve from May 28, 2016 to May 27, 2020
The 290-seat Islamic Consultative Assembly has 285 directly elected members and five seats reserved for the Zoroastrians,Jews,Assyrian and Chaldean Christians and Armenians(one for Armenians in the north of Iran and one for Armenians in the south
The 285 directly elected seats are elected from 196 constituencies, which are a mix of single and multi-member. In single-member constituencies candidates must receive at least one-third of the votes in the first round. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round is held with the two highest-vote candidates
There were 54,915,024 registered voters (in Iran, the Voting Age is 18)
More than 12,000 people filed to run for office and Nomination of 5,200 of candidates, mostly Reformists were rejected by the Guardian Council and 612 individuals withdrew.
According to Iranian law, in order to qualify as a candidate one must:
- Be an Iranian citizen
- Have a master's degree (unless being an incumbent)
- Be a supporter of the Islamic Republic, pledging loyalty to constitution
- Be a practicing Muslim (unless running to represent one of the religious minorities in Iran)
- Not have a "notorious reputation"
- Be in good health, between the ages of 30 and 75.
A second round is scheduled to be held on Friday April 292016 for some constituencies where candidates failed to obtain the required minimum 25 % of votes cast
Polls opened at 8 a.m. Friday and nearly 17 million Iranians are eligible to vote
An Iranian woman casts her ballot for the parliamentary runoff elections in a polling station at the city of Qods about 12 miles (20 kilometers) west of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 29, 2016
Iranians voted Friday April 29,2016 in the country’s parliamentary runoff elections, state media reported, a key polling that is expected to decide exactly how much power moderate forces backing President Hassan Rouhani will have in the next legislature.
The balloting is for the remaining 68 positions in the 290-seat chamber that were not decided in February’s general election, in which Rouhani’s allies won an initial majority.
In February 2016, a bloc of reformists and moderate allies of Rouhani won an initial majority — 106 seats — in a vote that saw a 62% turnout. The bloc needs to win 40 seats on Friday April 29,2016 to ensure its control over the parliament
But hard-liners, who have in the past controlled the chamber and who only won 64 seats in February, are also hoping to boost their presence in the next parliament
The elected MPs will serve from May 28, 2016 to May 27, 2020
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