1996 Parliamentary Election

Fifth Parliamentary Election

Date of Election 8 March 1996
Number of Eligible Voters 34,716,000
Number of Actual Voters 24,682,386
Voter Turnout (%) 71.10
Number of Precincts 196
Number of Candidates Needed 270
Number of Candidates Registered to Run 8,365
Number of Candidates Allowed to Run (1) 6,954
Percentage of Candidates Allowed to Run 83.13%
Number of Female Candidates Registered to Run 326

320*

Number of Female Candidates Elected  10

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.

* Iran (daily newspaper) gives the number of 320 female candidates (7 February 2000).

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 14 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  1,999,000  1,398,235 69.95
West Azerbaijan  1,438,000  1,085,139 75.46
Ardabil  660,000  464,402 70.36
Esfahan  2,348,000  1,585,074 67.51
Ilam  249,000  225,689 90.64
Bushehr  403,000  336,311 83.45
Tehran  7,325,000  4,083,083 55.74
Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari  449,000  345,980 77.06
Razavi Khorasan  3,623,000  2,597,377 71.69
Khuzestan  1,912,000  1,395,747 73
Zanjan  598,000  474,858 79.41
Semnan  296,000  262,177 88.57
Sistan and Baluchestan  828,000  519,884 62.79
Fars  2,100,000  1,589,095 75.67
Kurdistan  733,000  564,877 77.06
Kerman  1,117,000  899,107 80.49
Kermanshah  982,000  745,578 75.92
Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad  283,000  272,127 96.16
Gilan  1,424,000  1,169,487 82.13
Lorestan  842,000  678,851 80.62
Mazandaran  2,380,000  1,991,883 83.69
Markazi  733,000  532,879 72.7
Hormozgan  559,000  372,345 66.61
Hamadan  978,000  716,087 73.22
Yazd  457,000  321,741 70.4
Iran (total)  34,716,000  24,682,386 71.1