2004 Parliamentary Election

Seventh Parliamentary Election

Date of Election  20 February 2004
Number of Eligible Voters  46,351,032
Number of Actual Voters  23,734,677
Voter Turnout (%)  51.21
Number of Precincts  207
Number of Candidates Needed  290
Number of Candidates Registered to Run  8,172
Number of Candidates Allowed to Run (1)  5,450
Percentage of Candidates Allowed to Run  66.69%
Number of Female Candidates Registered to Run  827
Number of Female Candidates Elected  12

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 Enqelab 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:

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  2,670,062  1,208,730 45.27
West Azerbaijan  1,910,198  808,891 42.35
Ardabil  897,677  497,601 55.43
Esfahan  3,116,665  497,601 15.97
Ilam  361,880  264,337 73.05
Bushehr  558,254  340,534 61
Tehran  8,261,061  3,038,729 36.78
Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari  581,246  437,978 75.35
 Khorasan  4,589,546  2,643,100 57.59
Khuzestan  2,765,118  1,537,936 55.62
Zanjan  694,525  415,776 59.86
Semnan  398,494  224,752 56.4
Sistan and Baluchestan  1,139,235  858,811 75.38
Fars  2,933,764  1,691,863 57.67
Qazvin  753,091  413,347 54.89
Qom  615,660  321,622 52.24
Kurdistan  1,018,787  328,711 32.26
Kerman  1,350,817  867,222 64.2
Kermanshah  1,368,738  687,981 50.26
Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad  398,067  357,504 89.81
Golestan  1,067,739  704,479 65.98
Gilan  1,823,302  921,531 50.54
Lorestan  1,196,939  746,461 62.36
Mazandaran  2,108,653  1,180,452 55.98
Markazi  1,106,937  473,618 42.79
Hormozgan  777,035  479,862 61.76
Hamadan  1,308,810  668,516 51.08
Yazd  578,732  284,535 49.17
Iran (total)  46,351,032  23,734,677 51.21