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 |