Iranian legislative election, 1988
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All 270 seats of Islamic Consultative Assembly 136 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 27,986,736[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 59.72%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 8 April 1988, with a second round on 13 May.[3] The result was a victory for leftist politicians who later emerged as reformists.[4] The number of clerics elected to the Majlis was reduced by over a third.[5]
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.[6]
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.[6]
Campaign
Around 1,400 candidates contested the elections, including around 30 women.[6] 188 seats were won in the first round of voting.[6] There were three main groups contesting in the elections, namely:[7][8]
- Association of Combatant Clerics (right-wing)
- Combatant Clergy Association (left-wing)
- Coalition of the Oppressed and Deprived (left-wing)
Freedom Movement of Iran boycotted the elections.[9]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Unknown | 270 | – | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 220,872 | – | – | – |
Total | 17,004,403 | 100 | 270 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | – | – | ||
Source: IPU |
Aftermath
The newly elected Majlis met for the first time on 28 May, and elected Mir-Hossein Mousavi as Prime Minister on 30 June.[6]
References
- 1 2 "1988 Parliamentary Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
- 1 2 Bahman Bakhtiari (1993), "Parliamentary elections in Iran", Iranian Studies, Routledge, 24 (3–4): 375–388, doi:10.1080/00210869308701808 – via Tandfonline (subscription required),
By the end of September 1989, the radicals had close to 160 supporters, around 90 deputies belonged to the pragmatists' camp, the rest were "fence-sitters."
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p. 68 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Zandi, Mohammad Ali. "3rd Islamic Consultative Assembly elections" (in Persian). Baqir al-Ulum Research Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ↑ James W. Heslep The Decline of Clerics in the Iranian Majles
- 1 2 3 4 5 Iran IPU
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "تحليل هشت دوره مجلس شورای اسلامی" (in Persian). Jaam-e Jam. 24 February 2012. 671189238744517772. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ↑ Tom Landford (2012), "Iran", Political Handbook of the World 2012, SAGE, p. 656, ISBN 9781608719952