1992 Parliamentary Election

Fourth Parliamentary Election

Date of Election 10 April 1992
Number of Eligible Voters 32,465,558
Number of Actual Voters 18,767,042
Voter Turnout (%) 57.81
Number of Precincts 196
Number of Candidates Needed 270
Number of Candidates Registered to Run 3,233
Number of Candidates Allowed to Run (1) 2,741
Percentage of Candidates Allowed to Run 84.78%
Number of Female Candidates Registered to Run 82
Number of Female Candidates Elected  9

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 has the constitutional right to suspend elections in certain towns and provinces under the pretext that they may cause unrest. In the election, the Guardian Council suspended the voting process in 3 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  1,904,342  1,091,937 57.34
West Azerbaijan  1,268,756  739,963 58.32
Ardabil  603,949  412,280 68.26
Esfahan  2,281,321  1,127,014 49.4
Ilam  228,494  178,592 78.16
Bushehr  399,708  226,075 56.56
Tehran  6,425,346  2,528,455 39.35
Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari  397,103  326,871 82.31
Khorasan  3,481,008  1,991,328 57.21
Khuzestan  1,475,944  1,054,472 71.44
Zanjan  967,230  649,963 67.2
Semnan  295,783  212,933 71.99
Sistan and Baluchestan  729,483  388,140 53.21
Fars  2,110,167  1,259,768 59.7
Kurdistan  641,736  457,855 71.35
Kerman  1,009,000  642,761 63.7
Kermanshah  935,995  591,649 63.21
Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad  251,166  217,559 86.62
Gilan  1,455,320  914,111 62.81
Lorestan  816,031  559,953 68.62
Mazandaran  2,289,240  1,591,370 69.52
Markazi  702,298  456,166 64.95
Hormozgan  471,129  284,264 60.34
Hamadan  929,954  564,548 60.71
Yazd  395,055  251,099 63.56
Iran (total)  32,465,558  18,767,042 57.81