Iranian local elections, 2013

Iranian local elections, 2013
Iran
14 June 2013
Alliance Principlists Reformists
Major City Seats[1]
240 / 479
88 / 479
Major City Seats
Percentage
50.1% 18.37%

The Iranian local elections took place on 14 June 2013 to elected members of the fourth council of the City and Village Councils of Iran.[2] This election was held by a general election with presidential election. The original date of the election was in June 2010 but Parliament of Iran voted to increase age of the councils from 4 to 7 years. The councils will began their work one month after the election to elect the new mayors.[3] Officials said special inspectors have been charged with monitoring more than 67,000 polling stations nationwide. Over 200,000 candidates have been qualified to run for both city and rural council seats. More than 126,000 seats are up for grab in the elections.[4]

Background

The city and village councils are local establishments that are elected by public vote in all cities and villages across the country. Council members in each city or village are elected for a four-year term. The councils are tasked with helping the Islamic Republic’s social, economic, cultural and educational advancement by encouraging public participation in social affairs. The city councils also elects city mayors.

Registrations

The registration of candidates was toke place from 15 to 20 April 2013. The Guardian Council was announced the final candidates on 16 May 2013. The candidates that failed to enter to the election had a four days timeout for protest.[5][6]

Members

The councils have 124,700 original members; with the allowance members, it reaches to 207,587 members.[7] This is different from the previous election.[8]

Population Num. of members
20,000 or less 5 (original) +2 (allowance)
20, 000 to 50,000 7 + 3
50,000 to 100,000 9 + 4
100,000 to 200,000 11 + 5
200,000 to 500,000 13 + 6
50,000 to 1,000,000 15 + 7
1,000,000 to 2,000,000 21 + 8
2,000,000 or more 25 + 10
Tehran 31 + 12

Election summary

Ministry of Interior have announced that election will be held by electoral vote in fourteen provinces.[9] The candidates can began their publicity from 6 June and it will be end 24 hours before the election.[10] According to Interior Minister, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar a number of 352,165 persons have enrollment.[11]

Results

According to mohajernews.net Conservatives won 70% of the councils, while Reformists won 21% of them. Newly Moderates also won 9% of the councils.[12] Conservatives won 18 and Reformists 13 seats in Tehran City Council.[13]

Major Cities

Khabar Online published the results of the election in 9 major cities, according to electoral lists. Those who did not count as Principlist or Reformist, were Independents:[14]

City Principlists Reformists Independents
Tehran
18 / 31(58%)
13 / 31(42%)
0 / 31(0%)
Mashhad
24 / 25(96%)
0 / 25(0%)
1 / 25(4%)
Isfahan
10 / 21(48%)
3 / 21(14%)
8 / 21(38%)
Shiraz
13 / 21(62%)
0 / 21(0%)
8 / 21(38%)
Karaj
6 / 21(29%)
0 / 21(0%)
15 / 21(71%)
Qom
20 / 21(95%)
0 / 21(0%)
1 / 21(5%)
Tabriz
9 / 21(43%)
2 / 21(10%)
10 / 21(48%)
Arak
10 / 15(67%)
0 / 15(0%)
5 / 15(33%)
Bushehr
3 / 11(27%)
1 / 11(9%)
7 / 11(64%)
Total
113 / 187(60%)
19 / 187(10%)
55 / 187(29%)

Fars News Agency also published a detailed report for province capitals, with the results as following:[1]

Province capital seats won by political factions according to Fars News Agency report.[1]

  Principlists (50.1%)
  Reformists (18.37%)
  Independents (31.52%)
City Principlists Reformists Independents
Tehran
16 / 31(52%)
13 / 31(42%)
2 / 31(6%)
Mashhad
24 / 25(96%)
0 / 25(0%)
1 / 25(4%)
Tabriz
7 / 21(33%)
2 / 21(10%)
12 / 21(57%)
Isfahan
15 / 21(71%)
3 / 21(14%)
3 / 21(14%)
Ahwaz
11 / 21(52%)
3 / 21(14%)
7 / 21(33%)
Qom
20 / 21(95%)
0 / 21(0%)
1 / 21(5%)
Shiraz
16 / 21(76%)
2 / 21(10%)
6 / 21(29%)
Karaj
3 / 21(14%)
0 / 21(0%)
18 / 21(86%)
Rasht
3 / 15(20%)
8 / 15(53%)
4 / 15(27%)
Urmia
9 / 15(60%)
0 / 15(0%)
6 / 15(40%)
Kermanshah
7 / 15(47%)
4 / 15(27%)
4 / 15(27%)
Arak
13 / 15(87%)
0 / 15(0%)
2 / 15(13%)
Hamedan
10 / 15(67%)
0 / 15(0%)
5 / 15(33%)
Kerman
9 / 15(60%)
3 / 15(20%)
3 / 15(20%)
Gorgan
6 / 13(46%)
7 / 13(54%)
0 / 13(0%)
Zanjan
6 / 13(46%)
2 / 13(15%)
5 / 13(38%)
Yazd
2 / 13(15%)
8 / 13(62%)
3 / 13(23%)
Sari
7 / 13(54%)
3 / 13(23%)
3 / 13(23%)
Khorramabad
5 / 13(38%)
0 / 13(0%)
8 / 13(62%)
Sanandaj
8 / 13(62%)
2 / 13(15%)
3 / 13(23%)
Bandar Abbas
9 / 13(69%)
0 / 13(0%)
4 / 13(31%)
Ardabil
6 / 13(46%)
0 / 13(0%)
7 / 13(54%)
Qazvin
9 / 13(69%)
2 / 13(15%)
2 / 13(15%)
Bojnurd
0 / 13(0%)
0 / 13(0%)
13 / 13(100%)
Semnan
7 / 11(64%)
2 / 11(18%)
2 / 21(10%)
Shahrekord
7 / 11(64%)
2 / 11(18%)
2 / 11(18%)
Bushehr
4 / 11(36%)
4 / 11(36%)
3 / 11(27%)
Ilam
2 / 11(18%)
3 / 11(27%)
6 / 11(55%)
Birjand
2 / 11(18%)
5 / 11(45%)
4 / 11(36%)
Yasuj
0 / 11(0%)
0 / 11(0%)
11 / 11(100%)
Zahedan
0 / 9(0%)
9 / 9(100%)
0 / 9(0%)
Total
240 / 479(50%)
88 / 479(18%)
151 / 479(32%)

Tehran[15]

# Candidate List Votes %
R[16] PV[17] PJP[18] FF[19] SF[20]
31 Sitting Members[21]
1 Mehdi Chamran Yes Yes 566,614 25.26
2 Alireza Dabir Yes 400,677 17.86
3 Ahmad Masjed-Jamei Yes Yes 281,548 12.55
4 Hossein Rezazadeh Yes 270,390 12.05
5 Habib Kashani Yes 266,533 11.88
6 Hadi Saei 260,457 11.61
7 Morteza Talaie Yes 242,386 10.80
8 Parviz Sarvari Yes Yes 199,956 8.91
9 Reza Taghipour Yes Yes 186,020 8.91
10 Elaheh Rastgou Yes 179,982 8.02
11 Abbas Sheybani Yes Yes Yes 173,277 7.72
12 Esmaeil Dousti Yes Yes 158,707 7.07
13 Ahmad Donyamali Yes Yes Yes 157,277 7.01
14 Mohammad Salari Yes Yes 155,138 6.91
15 Mohammad-Mehdi Tondgouyan Yes 154,921 6.90
16 Fatemeh Daneshvar Yes 144,792 6.45
17 Ahmad Hakimipour Yes 137,694 6.13
18 Mohammad Haghani Yes 135,100 6.02
19 Mojtaba Shakeri Yes Yes 130,269 5.80
20 Abdolhossein Mokhtabad Yes Yes 129,969 5.79
21 Rahmatollah Hafezi Yes Yes 129,832 5.78
22 Abolfazl Ghana'ati Yes Yes 127,664 5.69
23 Eghbal Shakeri Yes Yes 127,558 5.68
24 Mehdi Hojjat (Resigned) Yes Yes Yes 135,100 5.67
25 Gholamreza Ansari Yes 126,500 5.64
26 Masoumeh Abad Yes 122,790 5.47
27 Abolmoghim Nasehi Yes 119,826 5.34
28 Mohsen Sorkhou Yes 118,745 5.29
29 Abbas Jadidi 117,503 5.23
30 Mohsen Pirhadi Yes 114,495 5.10
31 Mohammad Mehdi Moffateh (Resigned) Yes Yes 114,439 5.10
12 Alternate Members[22]
32 Masoud Soltanifar (Resigned) Yes 114,118 5.08
33 Valiollah Shojapourian (Entered council) Yes 110,696 4.93
34 Ali Saberi (Entered council) Yes 109,411 4.87
35 Afshin Habibzadeh Yes Yes 108,059 4.81
36 Hossein Khalilabadi Yes 106,731 4.75
37 Zahra Sadre'azam-Nouri Yes 105,896 4.72
38 Faezeh Dolati Yes 105,675 4.71
39 Abbas Mirza-Aboutalebi Yes 104,591 4.66
40 Abbas Masjedi-Arani Yes 104,273 4.64
41 Adel Abdi Yes 104,176 4.64
42 Khosro Daneshjou Yes 103,949 4.63
43 Hassan Ghafourifard Yes Yes 101,822 4.54
Valid Votes2,242,662
Total Votes2,786,357

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