1999 Iranian local elections
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≈200,000 Seats in City and Village Councils | ||||
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| Registered | 36,739,982[1] | |||
| Turnout | 64.42%[1] | |||
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The elections for City and Village Councils of Iran were held on 26 February 1999, for the first time in the history of Iran to elect some 200,000 seats.[2]
These elections saw great levels of public participation and civic engagement and still tend to be viewed as an an "historic moment"[2] and important opportunity for citizens to play an active part in the management of their municipalities at a local level.[3]
In many large cities, especially Tehran and Isfahan, candidates from 2nd of Khordad movement won the elections. Independents were elected in most rural areas, reflecting concern for local issues which competed with the wider national debate over an emerging “civil society.”[4]
Results
Winners of 15 seats and 6 alternate members were:
| # | Candidate | Supporting Camp/List[5][6] | Votes[7] | %[7] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ Sitting Members ↓ | ||||||
| 1 | Abdollah Nouri (Resigned) | 2nd of Khordad (Combatant Clerics) | 588,633 | 41.94 | ||
| 2 | Saeed Hajjarian | 2nd of Khordad (Participation) | 386,069 | 27.50 | ||
| 3 | Jamileh Kadivar (Resigned) | 2nd of Khordad | 369,669 | 26.34 | ||
| 4 | Fatemeh Jalaeipour | 2nd of Khordad (Participation) | 350,173 | 24.95 | ||
| 5 | Ebrahim Asgharzadeh | 2nd of Khordad (Solidarity) | 347,173 | 24.73 | ||
| 6 | Mohammad Atrianfar | 2nd of Khordad (Executives) | 322,897 | 23.00 | ||
| 7 | Ahmad Hakimipour | 2nd of Khordad (Imam's Line) | 304,460 | 21.69 | ||
| 8 | Mohammad-Hossein Doroudian | 2nd of Khordad (Strengthening Unity) | 279,964 | 19.94 | ||
| 9 | Mahmoud Alizadeh-Tabatabaei | 2nd of Khordad (Executives) | 260,462 | 18.55 | ||
| 10 | Morteza Lotfi | 2nd of Khordad (Islamic Labour) | 224,867 | 16.02 | ||
| 11 | Rahmatollah Khosravi | 2nd of Khordad (Imam's Line) | 220,021 | 15.67 | ||
| 12 | Gholamreza Forouzesh | 2nd of Khordad (Executives) | 245,520 | 15.35 | ||
| 13 | Sedigheh Vasmaghi | 2nd of Khordad (Participation) | 210,303 | 14.98 | ||
| 14 | Abbas Douzdouzani | 2nd of Khordad (Participation) | 200,521 | 14.28 | ||
| 15 | Mohammad Gharazi (Resigned) | 2nd of Khordad (Executives) | 192,211 | 13.69 | ||
| ↓ Alternate Members ↓ | ||||||
| 16 | Davoud Soleymani (Resigned) | 2nd of Khordad (Participation) | 190,772 | 13.59 | ||
| 17 | Mohammad-Hossein Haghighi (Entered council) | 2nd of Khordad (Participation) | 176,556 | 12.58 | ||
| 18 | Amir Abedini (Entered council) | Independent (Not listed) | 176,289 | 12.56 | ||
| 19 | Mansour Razavi (Entered council) | 2nd of Khordad (Executives) | 167,288 | 11.92 | ||
| 20 | Yahya Ale Eshaq | Conservative (Islamic Coalition) | 165,217 | 11.77 | ||
| 21 | Mohammad Kazem Seifian | Conservative | 152,106 | 10.83 | ||
| Valid Votes | 1,403,389 | |||||
| Total Votes | 1,480,275 | |||||
Shahla Habibi, Mohammad Khakpour, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mohammad Nabi Habibi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were among notable candidates who lost the election.[2][6]
Isfahan
Reformist groupings won 7 out of 11 positions on the Isfahan council.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "1999 Municipal Councils Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
- ^ a b c "Iran prepares for first-ever local elections", BBC, 10 February 1999, retrieved 10 March 2016
- ^ Reza H. Akbari and Saeed Aganji (19 May 2013). "Why Iran's City Council Elections Matter". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ a b Peter Kiernan, "Iran's Reformers Dominate Council Elections", Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, no. April/May 1999, p. 66, 102
- ^ Azadeh Mohammad-Hossein (27 April 2013) [7 Ordibehesht 1392], "داستان یک شورا", Shargh (in Persian), no. 1717
- ^ a b Ahmad Hakimipour, "انتخابات اولین دوره شورای اسلامی شهر تهران", Ahmad Hakimipour Official Website (in Persian)
- ^ a b Omid Karimi, "در ۳ دوره گذشته شورای شهر تهران هر نماینده چه تعداد و چند درصد رای آورد؟", Khabaronline (in Persian)
