2012 Parliamentary Elections

Ninth Parliamentary Election

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.

http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/216773

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