2003 Tehran City Council election

An election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 28 February 2003, along with the local elections nationwide.

2006 Islamic City Council of Tehran election
28 February 2003
15 City Council seats
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout12%[1]
Alliance Principlists Reformists
Last election 0 15
Seats before 0 15
Seats won 14 0
Seat change 14 15
Percentage 93.3% 0%
Electoral list Alliance of Builders Multiple
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Nationalist-Religious Freedom Movement
Last election Did not contest Did not contest
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 0 0
Seat change
Percentage 0% 0%
Chairman before election

Vacant

 Elected Chairman

Mehdi Chamran
Principlist

The results showed a victory for the conservative Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, that gained 14 out of 15 seats, and massive defeat for all of the Reformist groupings, as well as Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran and Freedom Movement of Iran who failed to gain a single seat.

Results
# Candidate Affiliation Votes[2] %
↓ Sitting Members ↓
1 Mehdi Chamran Alliance of Builders 192,716 36.57
2 Abbas Sheybani Alliance of Builders 178,351 33.84
3 Nader Shariatmadari Alliance of Builders 104,147 19.76
4 Hassan Bayadi Alliance of Builders 103,150 19.57
5 Hassan Ziari Alliance of Builders 100,454 19.06
6 Habib Kashani Alliance of Builders 99,013 18.78
7 Mahmoud Khosravi-Vafa Alliance of Builders 98,390 18.67
8 Hamzeh Shakib Alliance of Builders 98,313 18.65
9 Khosro Daneshjou Alliance of Builders 98,291 18.65
10 Masoud Zaribafan Alliance of Builders 95,971 18.21
11 Rasoul Khadem Independent 92,606 17.57
12 Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani Alliance of Builders 90,832 17.24
13 Nasrin Soltankhah Alliance of Builders 90,029 17.08
14 Manzar Khayyer-Habibollahi Alliance of Builders 87,690 16.64
15 Mahnoush Motamedi-Azar Alliance of Builders 85,839 16.29
↓ Alternate Members ↓
16 Mostafa Tajzadeh Reformist 66,196 12.56
17 Mohammad-Mehdi Mazaheri-Tehrani Alliance of Builders 54,616 10.36
18 Abolghassem Ashouri Reformist 51,492 9.77
19 Ebrahim Asgharzadeh Reformist 45,519 8.36
20 Mehdi Ghasemi-Kajani Reformist 41,844 7.94
21 Alireza Rajaei Nationalist–Religious 36,078 6.84
↓ Defeated ↓
22 Gholamreza Ghobbeh Reformist 35,998 6.83
23 Abolfazl Bazargan Freedom Movement 34,642 6.57
24 Fariba Davoudi-Mohajer Reformist 32,867 6.24
25 Mohammadreza Behzadian Reformist 32,229 6.11
26 Ali Fathollahzadeh Independent 31,633 6.00
27 Latif Safari Reformist 29,960 5.68
28 Seyyed Mansour Razavi Reformist 28,588 5.42
29 Amir Abedini Independent 27,782 5.27
30 Gholam-Abbas Tavassoli Freedom Movement 26,226 4.98
31 Tahereh Taleghani Nationalist–Religious 23,597 4.48
32 Hamid Majedi Reformist 23,058 4.37
33 Hossein Zaman Reformist 22,156 4.20
34 Mohammad Tavasoli Freedom Movement 21,922 4.16
35 Mojtaba Badi'i Reformist 21,689 4.11
36 Mahmoud Alizadeh-Tabatabaei Reformist 20,981 3.98
37 Tahereh Taherian Reformist 20,871 3.96
38 Mohammad-Hossein Doroudian Reformist 19,933 3.78
39 Kamal Aziminia Reformist 19,532 3.71
40 Saeed Razavi-Faqih Nationalist–Religious 19,149 3.63
41 Elaheh Rastgou Reformist 19,015 3.61
42 Mohammad-Hossein Baniasadi Freedom Movement 18,781 3.56
43 Davoud Asgari Reformist 18,474 3.51
44 Ahmad Hakimipour Reformist 18,272 3.47
45 Ahmad Mousazadeh Reformist 17,645 3.35
46 Leila Liaghat Nationalist–Religious 16,926 3.21
47 Mostafa Izadi Nationalist–Religious 16,784 3.18
48 Hossein Farid-Alam Freedom Movement 16,620 3.15
49 Hengameh Shahidi Reformist 17,584 3.34
50 Morteza Lotfi Reformist 16,082 3.05
51 Mohammad-Javad Mozaffar Nationalist–Religious 15,943 3.03
53 Seyyed Amir Mansouri Reformist 15,809 3.00
53 Nahid Jalali Reformist 15,751 2.99
54 Majid Shafipour-Motlagh Reformist 15,438 2.93
55 Nastaran Nassiri Reformist 14,846 2.82
56 Omid Memarian Reformist 14,680 2.79
57 Mir Ali-Asghar Negarandeh Reformist 14,037 2.66
58 Majid Masteri-Farahani Reformist 13,725 2.60
59 Hamzeh Karami Reformist 13,664 2.59
60 Mahmoud Amanpour-Gharaei Reformist 13,257 2.52
61 Mohsen Saberi-Qomi Reformist 12,735 2.42
62 Khosrow Mansourian Freedom Movement 12,719 2.41
63 Shahram Salmasi-Javid Independent 12,608 2.39
64 Seyyed Taghi Nourbakhsh Reformist 12,095 2.30
65 Mohammad-Mehdi Sazegara Reformist 10,590 2.01
66 Issa Saharkhiz Reformist 10,445 1.98
67 Mohsen Sorkhou Reformist 9,489 1.80
68 Amir Khorram Freedom Movement 9,239 1.75
69 Rahmatollah Khosravi Reformist 8,842 1.68
70 Majid Hakimi Freedom Movement 8,491 1.61
Valid Votes526,972
Total Votes562,522

References
  1. Ehteshami, Anoushiravan; Zweiri, Mahjoob (2007), Iran and the Rise of Its Neoconservatives: The Politics of Tehran's Silent Revolution, I.B.Tauris, pp. 35–37, ISBN 0857713671
  2. "Final election results of Islamic city council of Tehran" (PDF). Ettela'at International (Resumed) (in Persian) (2111). New York City. 3 March 2003. pp. Page 1, 3–4. ISSN 1353-8829. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
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