Date of Election | 2 March 2012 |
Number of Eligible Voters | 48,288,799 |
Number of Actual Voters | 30,845,687 |
Voter Turnout (%) | 63.88 |
Number of Precincts | 207 |
Number of Candidates Needed | 290 (1) |
Number of Candidates Registered to Run | 5,405 |
Number of Candidates who voluntarily withdrew before the election | 470 |
Number of Candidates Allowed to Run | 3444 |
Percentage of Candidates Who Actually Ran in Elections | 63.7 |
Number of Female Candidates Registered to Run | 428 |
Number of Female Candidates Elected | 9 |
Sources:
Iranian Ministry of Interior (www.moi.ir)
Notes:
[1] Since the election results in Damavand, Ilam (1 out of 2 candidates), Ramsar, and Tuyserkan were declared invalid by the Guardian Council only 286 MPs started serving their terms and the above districts have to wait until midterm elections to elect their representatives.
Breakdown of votes based on province (for full results of each province, click on the name of the province)
Province | Eligible Voters | Votes | Turnout (percent) |
East Azerbaijan | 2,589,208 | 1,598,717 | 61.75 |
West Azerbaijan | 2,003,082 | 1,394,474 | 69.62 |
Ardabil | 852,997 | 576,304 | 67.56 |
Esfahan | 3,094,473 | 1,885,168 | 60.92 |
Alborz | 1,353,024 | 691,083 | 51.08 |
Ilam | 374,910 | 324,653 | 86.59 |
Bushehr | 605,419 | 440,053 | 72.69 |
Tehran | 7,681,606 | 3,310,463 | 43.1 |
Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari | 595,330 | 490,582 | 82.41 |
South Khorasan | 474,073 | 397,297 | 83.81 |
Razavi Khorasan | 3,856,705 | 2,545,471 | 66 |
North Khorasan | 559,570 | 383,515 | 68.54 |
Khuzestan | 3,004,912 | 1,893,610 | 63.02 |
Zanjan | 665,139 | 482,121 | 72.48 |
Semnan | 431,830 | 308,023 | 71.33 |
Sistan and Baluchestan | 1,400,560 | 1,014,998 | 72.47 |
Fars | 2,989,734 | 2,099,375 | 70.22 |
Qazvin | 767,845 | 524,100 | 68.26 |
Qom | 668,938 | 444,414 | 66.44 |
Kurdistan | 1,002,147 | 579,732 | 57.85 |
Kerman | 1,822,583 | 1,269,131 | 69.63 |
Kermanshah | 1,301,463 | 859,460 | 66.04 |
Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad | 432,691 | 389,267 | 89.96 |
Golestan | 1,108,670 | 889,203 | 80.2 |
Gilan | 1,647,951 | 1,176,360 | 71.38 |
Lorestan | 1,209,549 | 854,432 | 70.64 |
Mazandaran | 2,002,302 | 1,528,321 | 76.33 |
Markazi | 907,987 | 589,313 | 64.9 |
Hormozgan | 951,181 | 676,514 | 71.12 |
Hamadan | 1,316,041 | 810,949 | 61.62 |
Yazd | 616,879 | 418,584 | 67.86 |
Iran (total) | 48,288,799 | 30,845,687 | 63.88 |