2006 Tehran City Council election

Islamic City Council of Tehran election, 2006

15 December 2006
15 City Council seats 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47%
Alliance Principlists Reformists Last election 15 0 Seats before 15 0 Seats won 10 4 Seat change 5 4 Percentage 66.6% 26.6% Electoral list Multiple Reformists Coalition
Chairman before election Mehdi Chamran Principlist Elected Chairman Mehdi Chamran Principlist

An election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 15 December 2006, along with the local elections nationwide.

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.

Results

#	Candidate	List				Votes	%
		FLIL	GCP	PSS	RC
↓ 15 Sitting Members ↓
1	Mehdi Chamran	Yes	Yes	—		603,766	36.45
2	Morteza Talaie	Yes	Yes	—		539,761	32.58
3	Rasoul Khadem	—	Yes	—		427,097	25.78
4	Abbas Sheibani	Yes	Yes	—		394,457	23.81
5	Hadi Saei	—			Yes	384,358	23.20
6	Hamzeh Shakib	Yes	Yes	Yes	—	330,233	19.93
7	Alireza Dabir	—				306,729	18.52
8	Parvin Ahmadinejad	—		Yes	—	242,501	14.64
9	Masoumeh Ebtekar	—			Yes	232,959	14.06
10	Ahmad Masjed-Jamei	—			Yes	216,015	13.04
11	Mohammad Ali Najafi	—			Yes	202,700	12.24
12	Masoumeh Abad	Yes	Yes	—		201,754	12.18
13	Hassan Bayadi	—	Yes	—		200,397	12.10
14	Khosrow Daneshjoo	Yes	—	Yes	—	200,175	12.08
15	Habib Kashani	—	Yes	—		197,284	11.91
↓ Alternative Members ↓
16	Abdolmoghim Nasehi	Yes	Yes	—		195,839	11.83
17	Hassan Ziari	Yes	—	Yes	—	188,226	11.36
18	Mahmoud Khosravi-Vafa	—	Yes	—		173,321	10.46
19	Amir-Ali Amiri	—	Yes	—		160,934	9.71
20	Bahman Adibzadeh	—	Yes	—		158,626	9.57
21	Mohsen Vafamehr	—	Yes	—		154,877	9.34
↓ Defeated Candidates ↓
22	Abbas Masjedi-Arani	Yes	—	Yes	—	153,066	9.24
23	Mehrdad Bazrpash	—		Yes	—	150,088	9.06
24	Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani	—		Yes	—	148,505	8.96
25	Masoud Zaribafan	—		Yes	—	147,657	8.91
Total votes						1,656,558	100