2024 Iranian legislative election

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2024 Iranian legislative election

← 2020 1 March and 10 May 2024 2028 →
All 290 seats to the Islamic Consultative Assembly 146 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout	40.64% (1.93 pp )
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel Hamid Rasaee Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani Party Coalition Council People's Alliance of Islamic Revolution Forces Unity Council [fa] Alliance Principlists (hardliners[1] ) Principlists (hardliners[1] ) Principlists[1] Seats won 76 57 45   Fourth party   Leader Ali Motahari Party Voice of the Nation Alliance Principlists (moderates[1] ) Seats won 40
Speaker of the Consultative Assembly before election Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Coalition Council Elected Speaker of the Consultative Assembly TBD

Legislative elections were held in Iran on 1 March 2024 for the first round, and on a later date on 10 May 2024 for the second.

They were held four years after the previous election in 2020.^[2] The election had a preregistration for the first time as a result of a 2023 law.^[3] Elections to the Assembly of Experts are taking place concurrently with the legislative elections.

The elections had most moderate and reformist figures disqualified from polls. It also had a record low turnout of 41%.^[4]

Electoral system

The 290-seat Islamic Consultative Assembly consists of 285 directly elected members and five seats reserved for the

As with the previous election, in order to qualify to stand as a candidate in the election, in accordance with Iranian laws, a candidate must:[5]

• Be an Iranian citizen;
• Be a supporter of the
  constitution
  ;
• Be a practicing Muslim (unless running to represent one of the religious minorities in Iran);
• Not have a "notorious reputation;"
• Be in good health, and between the ages of 30 and 75.

A candidate will be disqualified if he/she is found to be mentally impaired, actively supporting the Shah or supporting political parties and organizations deemed illegal or been charged with anti-government activity, converted to another faith or has otherwise renounced the Islamic faith, have been found guilty of corruption, treason, fraud, bribery, is an addict or trafficker or have been found guilty of violating Sharia law.^[5] Also, candidates must be literate; candidates cannot have played a role in the pre-1979 government, be large landowners, drug addicts or have convictions relating to actions against the state or apostasy. Government ministers, members of the Guardian Council and High Judicial Council are banned from running for office, as is the Head of the Administrative Court of Justice, the Head of General Inspection, some civil servants and religious leaders and any member of the armed forces.^[5]

Campaign

Preregistration was held for seven days.^[when?] A record-breaking 48,847 people registered as candidates in the election, who were then vetted by the Guardian Council to run for election.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} Of these candidates, 75% were below the age of 50.^[11] About 15,200 received final approval to run for office, with reformists believed to constitute between 20 and 30 percent of them.^[12] The candidates also included 1,713 women, which was more than double the number who competed in the last election, at 819.^[13]

Candidates had only one week to publicly campaign from 22 February until 29 February.^[14]

Turnout

A former minister of intelligence predicted that turnout may be low as the population may distance themselves from the election due to

Prior to the vote, the newspaper Kayhan claimed that the National Trust Party and the Executives of Construction Party had signed up for the election. In a report, the Islamic Coalition Party invited people to vote.^[18][19] Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged for a strong turnout, saying that "it is important to show the world that the nation is mobilised," and that "the enemies of Iran want to see if the people are present." Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Hossein Salami also urged people to participate, saying that "every vote is like a missile that is fired into the heart of our strongest enemies".^[20] President Ebrahim Raisi urged the public to make the elections “a glorious day for the Iranian nation.”^[21] In what was seen as an effort to boost turnout, members of the Iranian police were given four days of incentive leave to cast their vote.^[22]

Conduct

Boycott calls

About 275 prominent activists and civil society representatives called for a boycott of the election, citing the "disgraceful" state of the electoral system and the "complete elimination of opponents."

Polls opened at 08:00 local time in 59,000 precincts across the country and were initially set to run for ten hours before being extended until midnight. Electronic voting was scheduled to be held in 1,700 polling stations across four constituencies. The Interior Ministry deployed 250,000 security personnel to ensure the conduct of the elections amid tighter scrutiny in the aftermath of the 2024 Kerman bombings.^[25][26][27]

Results

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Initial results revealed that a second round was required for 45 seats in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, in a total of 15 provinces,^[17] including the constituency regrouping Tehran, Ray, Shemiran, Eslamshahr and Pardis, which amount to thirty seats, among which 14 were filled in the first round.^[4][28] The second round will be held on 10 May^[29]

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