Tehran City Council election, 2006

Islamic City Council of Tehran election, 2006
15 December 2006
15 City Council seats
8 seats needed for a majority

Alliance Principlists Reformists
Last election 14 0
Seats before 15 0
Seats won 10 4
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 4
Percentage 66.6% 26.6%
Electoral list Multiple Reformists Coalition
Chairman before election

Mehdi Chamran
Principlist

 Elected Chairman

Mehdi Chamran
Principlist

An election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 15 December 2006, along with the local elections nationwide.

The council is elected by the plurality-at-large voting system. The Principlists gained 10 seats, while the Reformists won 4. Another seat went to Alireza Dabir who ran as an Independent, but was close to then mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.[1]

Results

# Candidate List[2] Votes[3] %
FLIL GCP PSS RC
↓ 15 Sitting Members ↓
1Mehdi ChamranYesYesN/A603,76636.45
2Morteza TalaieYesYesN/A539,76132.58
3Rasoul KhademN/AYesN/A427,09725.78
4Abbas SheibaniYesYesN/A394,45723.81
5Hadi SaeiN/AYes384,35823.20
6Hamzeh ShakibYesYesYesN/A330,23319.93
7Alireza DabirN/A306,72918.52
8Parvin AhmadinejadN/AYesN/A242,50114.64
9Masoumeh EbtekarN/AYes232,95914.06
10Ahmad Masjed-JameiN/AYes216,01513.04
11Mohammad Ali NajafiN/AYes202,70012.24
12Masoumeh AbadYesYesN/A201,75412.18
13Hassan BayadiN/AYesN/A200,39712.10
14Khosrow DaneshjooYesN/AYesN/A200,17512.08
15Habib KashaniN/AYesN/A197,28411.91
↓ Alternative Members ↓
16Abdolmoghim NasehiYesYesN/A195,83911.83
17Hassan ZiariYesN/AYesN/A188,22611.36
18Mahmoud Khosravi-VafaN/AYesN/A173,32110.46
19Amir-Ali AmiriN/AYesN/A160,9349.71
20Bahman AdibzadehN/AYesN/A158,6269.57
21Mohsen VafamehrN/AYesN/A154,8779.34
↓ Defeated Candidates ↓
22Abbas Masjedi-AraniYesN/AYesN/A153,0669.24
23Mehrdad BazrpashN/AYesN/A150,0889.06
24Amir Reza Vaezi-AshtianiN/AYesN/A148,5058.96
25Masoud ZaribafanN/AYesN/A147,6578.91
Total votes1,656,558100

References

  1. ↑ Raz Zimmt (22 December 2006). "Election Results for the Assembly of Experts and Local Councils: Preliminary Appraisal". ACIS Iran Pulse. Retrieved 1 April 2017. The results in Tehran give the list of Qalibaf's followers ("Usulgarayan") eight of the 15 seats, the reformists' four and Ahmadinejad's followers two. Another seat went to an independent candidate, close to Qalibaf.
  2. ↑ "محافظه‌کاران زیر پرچم اصول‌گرایان", BBC Persian (in Persian), 12 December 2006, retrieved 1 September 2017
  3. ↑ "اعلام نتایج نهایی انتخابات شورای شهر تهران". Iran (in Persian) (3530). 23 December 2006. p. 2. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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