Parliamentary election in Iran in 1984

The 1984 Iranian parliamentary election took place on April 15, 1984 and was the second parliamentary election after the Islamic Revolution and the first parliamentary election during the First Gulf War in Iran . The election campaign began two weeks before the election.

Result and consequences

	be right	Percentage ownership %
Eligible voters	24,143,498	100
Voters	15,607,306	64.64
registered candidates	1,592	100
admitted candidates	1,231	77.32
elected male candidates	266	98.52
elected female candidates	4th	1.48

The Islamic Republican Party surprisingly did not win an absolute majority. Ayatollah Akbar Hāschemi Rafsanjāni was elected speaker by the new parliament.

See also

• History of Iran since 1979
• Political system of Iran

Remarks

1. ↑ The second round (by-elections) took place on May 17, 1984
2. ↑ by the Guardian Council
3. ↑ 25 women registered to vote

Individual evidence

1. ↑ princeton.edu ( Memento of May 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 1984 Parliamentary Election , accessed on February 11, 2013
2. ↑ ipu.org (PDF) Iran 1984 , accessed on February 11, 2013