1988 Parliamentary Election

Third Parliamentary Election

Date of Election 8 April 1988
Number of Eligible Voters 27,986,736
Number of Actual Voters 16,714,281
Voter Turnout (%) 59.72
Number of Precincts 193
Number of Candidates Needed 270
Number of Candidates Registered to Run 1,999
Number of Candidates Allowed to Run (1) 1,417
Percentage of Candidates Allowed to Run 70.88%
Number of Female Candidates Registered to Run 37
Number of Female Candidates Elected  4

Iranian Ministry of Interior (www.moi.ir).

For Data on Number of Candidate Allowed to Run and Percentage of  Candidates Allowed to Run: Markaz-e Asnad-e Enghelab Eslami  (www.irdc.ir).

For Data on Female Candidates: Tahereh Pour-Ardeshir,”Gozaresh-e Khaneh-e Mellat az Naqsh-e Zanan-e Qanungozar dar Keshvar,” 6 April  2008.

Notes:

Iran’s Guardian Council the the constitutional right to suspend elections in certain towns and provinces under the pretext that they may cause unrest. In this election, the Council made use of this right in 15 Wards.

There is no public data on the number of female candidates allowed to run.

(1) Candidates submitting their candidacy are first vetted by the Ministry of Interior and then by the Guardian Council. The number we show under `candidates allowed to run` represents the number of candidates allowed to run after the vetting processes by both the Ministry of Interior and the Guardian Council are completed.

Breakdown of Votes Based on Province

Province  Eligible Voters   Votes  Turnout (percent)
East Azerbaijan  2,262,459  1,310,952 57.94
West Azerbaijan  1,104,330  672,969 60.94
Esfahan  1,923,206  1,150,554 59.82
Ilam  194,553  163,139 83.85
Bushehr  329,829  205,221 62.22
Tehran  5,451,600  2,356,837 43.23
Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari  330,899  247,679 74.85
 Khorasan  2,923,005  1,626,974 55.66
Khuzestan  1,394,073  978,766 70.21
Zanjan  852,519  618,877 72.59
Semnan  254,645  197,482 77.55
Sistan and Baluchestan  605,176  302,068 49.91
Fars  1,780,119  1,090,354 61.25
Kurdistan  574,646  353,346 61.49
Kerman  875,581  614,383 70.17
Kermanshah  816,313  425,662 52.14
Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad  207,475  176,214 84.93
Gilan  1,265,693  826,646 65.31
Lorestan  709,382  450,309 63.48
Mazandaran  1,958,970  1,409,626 71.96
Markazi  615,194  472,011 76.73
Hormozgan  404,265  251,834 62.29
Hamadan  821,854  522,636 63.59
Yazd  330,950  244,985 74.02
Iran (total)  27,986,736  16,714,281 59.72