2008 Parliamentary Election

Eighth Parliamentary Election

Date of Election 14 March 2008
Number of Eligible Voters 43,824,254
Number of Actual Voters 24,279,717
Voter Turnout (%) 55.40
Number of Precincts 207
Number of Candidates Needed 290
Number of Candidates Registered to Run 7,597 (1)
Number of Candidates Allowed to Run [1] 4,476 (2)
Percentage of Candidates Allowed to Run 58.92% (3)
Number of Female Candidates Registered to Run 590
Number of Female Candidates Elected 8

Sources:

Iranian Ministry of Interior (www.moi.ir)

1. “About 44 million Iranians eligible to vote on March 14,” Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), 11 March 2008.

2. “Tablighat-e 4476 Namzad-e Vorood be Majles-e Hashtom Aghaz Shod,” Fars News Agency, 6 March 2008.

3. Kaveh-Cyrus Sanandaji, “The Eighth Majlis Elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Division in Conservative Ranks and the Politics of Moderation,” Iranian Studies, vol. 42, no. 4 (September 2009), p. 629.

4. Inter-Parliamentary Union. “Women in Parliament in 2008. The Year in Perspective”, available at http://www.ipu.org/pdf/publications/wmn08-e.pdf

Notes:

–   590 females registered to run, 585 were approved and of these 8 were actually elected.

– 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  2,353,925  1,298,388 55.16
West Azerbaijan  1,821,154  990,637 54.4
Ardabil  778,548  465,061 59.73
Esfahan  2,784,132  1,295,166 46.52
Ilam  342,950  268,853 78.39
Bushehr  553,066  367,403 66.43
Tehran  8,246,675  2,943,947 35.7
Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari  544,119  405,254 74.48
South Khorasan  445,480  343,328 77.07
Razavi Khorasan  3,425,882  2,067,694 60.36
North Khorasan  484,326  319,920 66.05
Khuzestan  2,712,083  1,476,648 54.45
Zanjan  609,403  408,574 67.04
Semnan  417,345  242,530 58.11
Sistan and Baluchestan  1,198,966  804,384 67.09
Fars  2,688,555  1,720,258 63.98
Qazvin  715,251  389,358 54.44
Qom  604,072  327,818 54.27
Kurdistan  909,350  422,916 46.51
Kerman  1,647,195  1,076,810 65.37
Kermanshah  1,187,250  664,286 55.95
Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad  403,111  353,090 87.59
Golestan  1,030,602  739,265 71.73
Gilan  1,505,725  987,588 65.59
Lorestan  1,087,010  712,311 65.53
Mazandaran  1,833,101  1,186,716 64.74
Markazi  831,489  456,947 54.96
Hormozgan  878,805  531,181 60.44
Hamadan  1,219,383  665,918 54.61
Yazd  565,301  316,800 56.04
Iran (total)  43,824,254  24,279,717 55.4