Iranian local elections, 2013
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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]
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 Votes | 2,242,662 | |||||||
Total Votes | 2,786,357 |
References
- 1 2 3 "فارس گزارش می دهد اصولگرایان پیروز انتخابات شوراها". Fars News Agency. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ↑ the date of the local election have announced
- ↑ City Councils law Ministry of Interior
- ↑ Iran’s city councils candidates start campaigns for June vote Press TV, 7 June 2013
- ↑ The date of registrations of the 2013 local elections Khoorna
- ↑ The registrations date will not renewed 118 Khabar
- ↑ The end of the time for 207,587 seats
- ↑ Changes at the 2013 elections
- ↑ Electoral voted in 14 provinces
- ↑ From A to Z in the local elections 2013
- ↑ 352,166 persons entered to the elections, from 25 to 100 years old
- ↑ اصولگرایان پیروز انتخابات شوراها در مراکز 30 استان
- ↑ جزئیات منتخبان دوره چهارم شورای شهر تهران+جدول Pars News
- ↑ "سهم گروههای سیاسی از چهارمین انتخابات شورای شهر در تهران و ۸ شهر بزرگ". Khabar Online. July 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ↑ "آگهی نتیجه انتخابات چهارمین دوره شورای اسلامی شهر تهران" (PDF) (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. 18 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ↑ "لیست اصلاح طلبان در انتخابات شورای شهر تهران + اسامی". Asr-e-Iran (in Persian). 9 June 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "لیست صدای ملت برای انتخابات شورای شهر اعلام شد؛ ترکیبی از اصولگرایان و اصلاحطلبان". Khabaronline (in Persian). 9 June 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "لیست ائتلاف پیشرفت و عدالت ایران اسلامی اعلام شد". Fars News Agency (in Persian). 9 June 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "فهرست جبهه پیروان برای شورای شهر". Entekhab (in Persian). 9 June 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "فهرست نهایی جبهه پایداری در انتخابات شورای شهر تهران". Asr-e-Iran (in Persian). 9 June 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "فرمانداری لیست شورایشهر تهران را اعلام کرد/ چمران با ۵۶۶ هزار رای، اول- مفتح با ۱۱۴ هزار رای سی و یک". Khabaronline (in Persian). Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "اعضای علیالبدل شورای شهر تهران مشخص شدند". Khabaronline (in Persian). Retrieved 17 February 2016.