Iranian legislative election, 2020 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)

2020 legislative election
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Alliance Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces Front of Islamic Revolution Stability Campaign for Justice-seeking Parliament
Seats won
23 / 30
11 / 30
1 / 30
Alliance People's Coalition Coalition For Iran Friends of Hashemi
Seats won
0 / 30
0 / 30
0 / 30

This is an overview of the 2020 Iranian legislative election in Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district. In the election, all 30 seats were decided in the first round and went to the unity list jointly endorsed by the Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces and the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.

Turnout

The election was noted being held two days after acknowledgement of COVID-19 spread in Iran, as well as for its low turnout, which was the lowest nationwide amidst the lowest national turnout for decades.[1] The turnout was interpreted as a possible sign of apathy and widespread dissatisfaction with the establishment.[1]

Official turnout in the constituency was put at 25.4% by the interior minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, who was quoted by the AP as saying "we believe that the number of votes and the turnout is absolutely acceptable".[1] Ali Motahari, an outgoing MP for the constituency, expressed his regret that only 18% of eligible voters in the city of Tehran had showed up at the polling place, of whom 8% had cast spoilt ballots.[2]

Results

Campaign for Justice-seeking Parliament candidates
# Candidate List(s)[3] Votes[4] %
↓ Elected Members ↓
1 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Proud Iran 1,265,287 68.69
2 Mostafa Mir-Salim Proud Iran 892,318 48.45
3 Morteza Aghatehrani Stability Front 868,025 47.13
4 Elias Naderan Proud Iran / Stability Front 841,956 45.71
5 Mohsen Dehnavai Proud Iran / Stability Front 829,292 45.02
6 Mahmoud Nabavian Proud Iran / Stability Front 821,203 44.58
7 Ehsan Khandouzi Proud Iran 801,696 43.53
8 Eghbal Shakeri Proud Iran 795,211 43.17
9 Abolfazl Amouyi Proud Iran 792,964 43.05
10 Bijan Nobaveh-Vatan Stability Front 792,565 43.03
11 Mojtaba Tavangar Proud Iran 789,913 42.89
12 Fatemeh Rahbar Proud Iran 787,485 42.75
13 Mohsen Pirhadi Proud Iran 785,450 42.64
14 Rouhollah Izadkhah Justice Seekers / Stability Front 784,456 42.59
15 Ahmad Naderi Proud Iran 783,545 42.54
16 Abdolhossein Rouhalamini Proud Iran 779,479 42.32
17 Nezameddin Mousavi Proud Iran / Stability Front 778,618 42.27
18 Zohreh Elahian Proud Iran 773,263 41.98
19 Malek Shariati Proud Iran 768,139 41.70
20 Mehdi Sharifian Proud Iran 760,016 41.26
21 Reza Taghavi Proud Iran 753,307 40.90
22 Somayeh Rafiei Proud Iran 742,975 40.34
23 Ali Yazdikhah Proud Iran 742,394 40.31
24 Ali Khezrian Stability Front 740,033 40.18
25 Reza Taghipour Stability Front 728,238 39.54
26 Fatemeh Ghasempour Proud Iran 726,007 39.42
27 Mojtaba Rezakhah Proud Iran 723,729 39.29
28 Zohreh Lajevardi Stability Front 714,931 38.82
29 Gholamhossein Rezvani Stability Front 711,608 38.63
30 Ezzatollah Akbari Talarposhti Proud Iran 642,214 34.87
↓ Defeated candidates ↓
31 Vahid Yaminpour People's Coalition / Stability Front 296,021 16.07
32 Hamid Rasaee People's Coalition 219,648 11.93
33 Ali Jafari Stability Front 150,422 8.17
34 Alireza Mahjoub For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 95,393 5.18
35 Mohammad-Sadegh Shahbazi Justice Seekers / Stability Front 86,180 4.68
36 Majid Ansari For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 69,151 3.75
37 Soheila Jolodarzadeh For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 67,820 3.68
38 Mostafa Kavakebian For Iran 61,396 3.33
39 Mohammad Hosseini People's Coalition 55,431 3.01
40 Mohammad Aghamiri Proud Iran 51,406 2.79
41 Mehdi Kouchakzadeh People's Coalition 49,326 2.68
42 Ali Shamsipour Proud Iran 47,511 2.58
43 Mostafa Zamanian Proud Iran 46,791 2.54
44 Vahid Ashtari Justice Seekers 46,588 2.53
45 Hossein Pirhadi — 45,956 2.50
46 Mohammad-Sadegh Koushki — 45,812 2.49
47 Soudeh Najafi Proud Iran 44,914 2.44
48 Kioumars Hashemi Proud Iran 44,562 2.42
49 Atefeh Khademi Proud Iran 37,663 2.04
50 Zahra Saei For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 36,239 1.97
51 Mohammad Reza Badamchi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 35,675 1.94
52 Parvaneh Mafi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 33,609 1.82
53 Mohammad-Ali Vakili For Iran 31,949 1.73
54 Farideh Oladghobad For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 31,597 1.72
55 Mohammad-Hossein Moghimi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 31,093 1.69
56 Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani For Iran 30,537 1.66
57 Mehdi Zaribaf People's Coalition / Stability Front 30,475 1.65
58 Farid Mousavi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 28,848 1.57
59 Mohammad Aghamiri — 28,525 1.55
60 Mohammad Reza Najafi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 24,480 1.33
61 Hassan Tarighat Monfared People's Coalition / Justice Seekers 24,413 1.33
62 Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghaddam Economy and People's Livelihood 23,102 1.25
63 Afshin Ala' For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 22,897 1.24
64 Davoud Mohammadi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 21,694 1.18
65 Vahid Toutounchi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 20,039 1.09
66 Abolfazl Soroush For Iran 19,459 1.06
67 Saeid Bagheri For Iran 18,032 0.98
68 Mohammad-Reza Sharifi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 17,843 0.97
69 Mohammad-Hossein Sheikhmohammadi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 17,507 0.95
70 Azam Samsami For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 16,806 0.91
71 Mehdi Sheykh For Iran 16,666 0.90
72 Mohammad-Hadi Enteshari For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 16,381 0.89
73 Mohammad-Javad Abtahi Stability Front 16,377 0.89
74 Amir Asgari For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 16,313 0.89
75 Fakhreddin Saberi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi 15,447 0.84
76 Mehdi Sarrami Stability Front 14,028 0.76
77 Hassan Ansari For Iran 13,737 0.75
78 Mohammad Soleimani People's Coalition / Stability Front 55,24 0.74
79 Mohammad-Reza Rezvani — 12,814 0.70
80 Mohsen Alijani-Zamani For Iran 12,133 0.66
81 Ali Dastani For Iran 11,483 0.62
82 Mohammad-Reza Asnafi Justice Seekers 10,923 0.59
83 Mojtaba Ghasempour — 10,377 0.56
84 Mahdi Movahedi Beknazar Justice Seekers 10,073 0.55
85 Laleh Eftekhari Economy and People's Livelihood 10,017 0.54
86 Elham Aminzadeh Economy and People's Livelihood 9,804 0.53
87 Firouz Aslani Stability Front 9,761 0.53
88 Mohsen Badreh Justice Seekers 9,514 0.52
89 Habib Sohrabi-Parsa For Iran 9,131 0.50
90 Hossein Hajilou Justice Seekers 9,046 0.49
91 Sadeq Khalilian People's Coalition 8,891 0.48
92 Ali-Hossein Rezaeian — 8,858 0.48
93 Hossein Razavipour Justice Seekers 8,776 0.48
94 Reza Kalhor Justice Seekers 8,672 0.47
95 Davoud Manzour People's Coalition / Justice Seekers 8,663 0.47
96 Ali-Asghari Pourezzat Justice Seekers 8,304 0.45
97 Seyyed Mia'ad Salehi Economy and People's Livelihood 8,123 0.44
98 Abolfazl Zohrevand People's Coalition 8,091 0.44
99 Saeid Karami Proud Iran / People's Coalition 7,950 0.43
100 Ahmad-Reza Aref — 7,898 0.43
1159 other candidates <7,800 <0.42
Blank or Invalid Votes Not announced
Total Votes[5] 1,841,891 100

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c "Iran says voter turnout dips below 50% in a first since 1979", The Associated Press, 23 February 2020, retrieved 5 January 2022
  2. ^ Motahari, Ali (15 March 2020). "If Raisi was the President". Sazandegi (Interview) (in Persian). No. 626. Interviewed by Zeynab Safari. pp. 66–68. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ^ Candidates listed:
  4. ^ نتیجه انتخابات مجلس شورای اسلامی در مرکز حوزه انتخابیه تهران، ری، شمیرانات، اسلامشهر و پردیس, Ministry of Interior (in Persian), 23 February 2020 [4 Esfand 1398][dead link‍]
  5. ^ وزیر کشور اعلام کرد: مشارکت در انتخابات, Iranian Students' News Agency, 23 February 2020 [4 Esfand 1398]