Parliamentary election in Iran 1996

The 1996 Iranian parliamentary elections took place on March 8, 1996.

Result

	be right	Percentage ownership %
Eligible voters	34,716,000	100
Voters	24,682,386	71.1
registered candidates	8,365	100
admitted candidates	6,954	83.18
elected male candidates	260	96.3
elected female candidates	10	3.7

The high voter turnout, as well as the high number of applicants, can be explained by the disproportionate increase in the young electorate. Two political groups emerged victorious. As expected, the Union of Warring Clergy (110 seats) and the Islamic Society of Engineers (80 seats), of which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became president in 2005. Ali Akbar Nateq Nuri was elected Speaker of Parliament .

See also

• Political Development of Iran

Remarks

1. ↑ The second round (by-elections) took place on April 19, 1996.
2. ↑ by the Guardian Council
3. ↑ 320 women registered to vote

Individual evidence

1. ↑ princeton.edu ( Memento of May 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 1996 Parliamentary Election , accessed on February 11, 2013
2. ↑ ipu.org ELECTIONS HELD IN 1996 , accessed February 11, 2013