2006 Tehran City Council election
An election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 15 December 2006, along with the local elections nationwide.
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15 City Council seats 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 47%[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The council is elected by the plurality-at-large voting system. The Principlists gained 10 seats, while the Reformists won 4. Another seat went to Alireza Dabir who ran as an Independent, but was close to then mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.[2]
Results
| # | Candidate | List[3] | Votes[4] | % | |||
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| FLIL | GCP | PSS | RC | ||||
| ↓ 15 Sitting Members ↓ | |||||||
| 1 | Mehdi Chamran | Yes | Yes | N/A | 603,766 | 36.45 | |
| 2 | Morteza Talaie | Yes | Yes | N/A | 539,761 | 32.58 | |
| 3 | Rasoul Khadem | N/A | Yes | N/A | 427,097 | 25.78 | |
| 4 | Abbas Sheibani | Yes | Yes | N/A | 394,457 | 23.81 | |
| 5 | Hadi Saei | N/A | Yes | 384,358 | 23.20 | ||
| 6 | Hamzeh Shakib | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | 330,233 | 19.93 |
| 7 | Alireza Dabir | N/A | 306,729 | 18.52 | |||
| 8 | Parvin Ahmadinejad | N/A | Yes | N/A | 242,501 | 14.64 | |
| 9 | Masoumeh Ebtekar | N/A | Yes | 232,959 | 14.06 | ||
| 10 | Ahmad Masjed-Jamei | N/A | Yes | 216,015 | 13.04 | ||
| 11 | Mohammad Ali Najafi | N/A | Yes | 202,700 | 12.24 | ||
| 12 | Masoumeh Abad | Yes | Yes | N/A | 201,754 | 12.18 | |
| 13 | Hassan Bayadi | N/A | Yes | N/A | 200,397 | 12.10 | |
| 14 | Khosrow Daneshjoo | Yes | N/A | Yes | N/A | 200,175 | 12.08 |
| 15 | Habib Kashani | N/A | Yes | N/A | 197,284 | 11.91 | |
| ↓ Alternative Members ↓ | |||||||
| 16 | Abdolmoghim Nasehi | Yes | Yes | N/A | 195,839 | 11.83 | |
| 17 | Hassan Ziari | Yes | N/A | Yes | N/A | 188,226 | 11.36 |
| 18 | Mahmoud Khosravi-Vafa | N/A | Yes | N/A | 173,321 | 10.46 | |
| 19 | Amir-Ali Amiri | N/A | Yes | N/A | 160,934 | 9.71 | |
| 20 | Bahman Adibzadeh | N/A | Yes | N/A | 158,626 | 9.57 | |
| 21 | Mohsen Vafamehr | N/A | Yes | N/A | 154,877 | 9.34 | |
| ↓ Defeated Candidates ↓ | |||||||
| 22 | Abbas Masjedi-Arani | Yes | N/A | Yes | N/A | 153,066 | 9.24 |
| 23 | Mehrdad Bazrpash | N/A | Yes | N/A | 150,088 | 9.06 | |
| 24 | Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani | N/A | Yes | N/A | 148,505 | 8.96 | |
| 25 | Masoud Zaribafan | N/A | Yes | N/A | 147,657 | 8.91 | |
| Total votes | 1,656,558 | 100 | |||||
References
- Majid, Mohammadi (2018), The Iranian Reform Movement: Civil and Constitutional Rights in Suspension, Springer, p. 255, ISBN 9783319909691
- Raz Zimmt (22 December 2006). "Election Results for the Assembly of Experts and Local Councils: Preliminary Appraisal". ACIS Iran Pulse. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
The results in Tehran give the list of Qalibaf's followers ("Usulgarayan") eight of the 15 seats, the reformists' four and Ahmadinejad's followers two. Another seat went to an independent candidate, close to Qalibaf.
- "محافظهکاران زیر پرچم اصولگرایان", BBC Persian (in Persian), 12 December 2006, retrieved 1 September 2017
- "اعلام نتایج نهایی انتخابات شورای شهر تهران". Iran (in Persian) (3530). 23 December 2006. p. 2. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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