General election in Iran 2016
- Religious minorities : 5
- Reformer : 123
- Independent : 65
- Constitutionalists : 11
- Conservatives : 83
- Conservatives and reformers : 3
The 2016 parliamentary elections in Iran took place on February 26, 2016. About 55 million Iranians were entitled to vote. It was the tenth election since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The previous election was in March 2012.
A total of 6,230 applicants ran for one of the 290 seats in the Iranian parliament , including 586 women. Before the list of applicants was officially announced by the election management, all applicants were checked for constitutional conformity by the Guardian Council . Candidates who appeared to the Guardian Council to be inconsistent with the constitution were refused admission to parliamentary elections. He excluded almost half of the original candidates (around 5,770 out of around 12,000) from the election.
In addition to parliament, the 86-member council of experts is also newly elected.
prehistory
The election campaign took place against the background of the agreement between Iran and the world powers on the Iranian nuclear program and the resulting relaxation of economic sanctions. While the reformers and moderate conservatives who are close to President Hassan Rohani are hoping for economic improvements through the relaxation of sanctions, the conservatives believe that Ruhani is largely responsible for the economic stagnation of recent years. They particularly emphasize the good security situation and attribute this to the Führer (head of state) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . For the first time in twelve years, the reformers could take over the majority from the conservatives. The reformers in particular advertised the non-voters and hoped for a high turnout.
The two former presidents Mohammad Chātami and Akbar Hāschemi Rafsanjāni publicly called for the election of the reform-oriented candidates. Both stand in the election of the expert council and are counted among the moderate candidates who want to reduce the influence of the conservatives. Khatami suggested that the joint candidate list of reformers and moderates be called "List of Hope".
Of the approximately 12,000 applicants for one of the 290 parliamentary seats, the Guardian Council originally only allowed 4,700. That means 60.9% of applicants would have been rejected - this would be the highest figure since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Of the approximately 3,000 reformers, only 30 would be admitted. After President Hassan Ruhani publicly reprimanded the Guardian Council for this decision, it revoked the exclusion of 1,530 applicants (mostly reformers) so that 6,230 applicants are now admitted. 586 women are among the applicants, which is about twice as many as in the last election and represents a new high for Iranian parliamentary elections.
One day before the parliamentary elections, 1,385 of the eligible candidates withdrew, across all parties, to support more promising applicants. The number of candidates thus drops to 4,844 people.
Election process
Around 55 million Iranians were called to vote on election day, around 8.5 million of them in the capital Tehran. According to the Iranian Interior Ministry, there were signs of a high turnout, and President Rouhani expected more than 70% voter turnout. The polling stations were originally supposed to close at 6:00 p.m. (local time), but due to the large crowds they were not closed until almost 6 hours later. According to the Ministry of the Interior, there were no incidents or irregularities. First results were expected the following day.
The camp of reformers, who took up the list of hope , includes the participation front of Islamic Iran , the association of fighting clergy and the organization of the mujahedin of the Islamic revolution . One of the hardliners who ran as the grand coalition of the principalists was the Union of the Warring Clergy .
First round result
Of the 290 parliamentary seats, 103 went to conservatives or politicians close to them; Moderates and reformers, or candidates closely related to them, received 95 seats. 14 parliamentary seats went to independent candidates whose political positioning still seems unclear. In addition, five representatives of religious minorities won a seat in parliament as well as four moderate conservatives supported by reformers.
The interim result after 239 of 290 counted constituencies was as follows:
| camp | Percentage ownership % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reformer | 38 | 83 | ||
| conservative | 29 | 64 | ||
| Independent | 25th | 55 | ||
| Constitutionalists | 5 | 10 | ||
| Religious minorities | 2 | 5 | ||
| Source: http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/514130/Politics/election | ||||
Result
On April 29, the runoff election for the remaining 69 seats took place. The reformers achieved success.
The end result is this:
| camp | Percentage ownership % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reformer | 41.7 | 121 | ||
| conservative | 28.6 | 83 | ||
| Independent / Other | 23.4 | 68 | ||
| Constitutionalists | 3.8 | 11 | ||
| Religious minorities | 1.7 | 5 | ||
| Source: http://khabaronline.ir/%28X%281%29S%28gir3jkgiutacpag5xyfhzrof%29%29/detail/531930/Politics/election | ||||
| be right | Percentage ownership % | |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible voters | 55,000,000 | 100 |
| Voters | ? | ? |
| registered candidates | 12,000 | 100 |
| admitted candidates | 6230 | 51.9 |
| candidates | 4844 | 77.8 |
| elected male candidates | ? | ? |
| elected female candidates | ? | ? |
See also
Web links
- Election in Iran: you need to know that. In: Euronews.com. February 18, 2016, accessed February 22, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Iran's reformers: Low voter turnout uses hardliners waz.de, February 20, 2016.
- ↑ Khatami and Rafsanjani advertise reformers , NZZ, February 22, 2016
- ↑ Ruhani fights against Iran's hardliners
- ↑ Guardian Council admits more candidates
- ↑ More women are aiming for a seat in parliament
- ↑ 1,400 applicants withdraw their candidacy
- ↑ Parliamentary elections in Iran ended after extension
- ↑ backing for Rouhanis reformer tagesschau.de, February 29, 2016
- ↑ https://de.qantara.de/content/botschaft-der-iran-wahl-hardliner-nein-danke
- ↑ Hardline shrinkage in the Iranian parliament. In: derStandard.at. May 1, 2016, accessed December 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Reformers miss an important mark despite winning. In: nzz.ch. April 30, 2016, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/iran-reformer-gewinnen-auch-die-stichwahl-/13528470.html
- ↑ http://www.wienerzeitung.at/mappen/analysen/816424_Perser-haben-genug-von-den-Hardlinern.html
- ↑ http://www.stimme.de/deutschland-welt/nachrichten/dw/innenpolitik-Wahlen-Parlament-Iran-Medien-Reformer-gewinnen-auch-die-Stichwahl-im-Iran;art295,3625322
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