Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh
Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh | |
|---|---|
| File:Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh.jpg | |
| Member-elect of the Iranian Parliament | |
| In office Died before taking office | |
| Preceded by | Mehdi Davatgari |
| Succeeded by | TBE |
| Constituency | Maragheh and Ajabshir |
| Majority | 50,980 (54.37%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh March 21, 1977 Maragheh, Iran |
| Died | May 7, 2016 (aged 39) Freeway two 63 km, Iran |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran[1] |
| Occupation | Professor, politician |
Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh (Template:Lang-fa; 21 March 1977 – 7 May 2016) was an Iranian Principlist politician who was elected as the representative of Maragheh and Ajabshir electoral district in the Iranian legislative election, 2016.[1]
2016 election
In the first round of the elections, the Principlists Grand Coalition listed no candidate in Maragheh and Ajabshir district[2] because there were two Principlist candidates contesting each other, incumbent Mehdi Davatgari (supported by United Front of Principlists in 2012 election)[3] and Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh.[4] The List of Hope chose to declare "silence", meaning they are not endorsing any candidate.[5] People's Voice listed Davatgari,[6] while Front of Prudence and Development supported Hosseinzadeh.[7]
| 1st Round[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | Mehdi Davatgari (incumbent) | 29,066 | 20.46 |
| 2 | Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh | 26,512 | 18.66 |
| 3 | Saeed Mohammadi | 22,047 | 15.52 |
| 4 | Bolud Soleimani | 20,078 | 14.33 |
| 5 | Khosrow Sadr-Haghighi | 12,341 | 8.68 |
| .. | Other Candidates | ||
| Blank or Invalid Votes | 11,765 | 8.28 | |
| Total Votes | 153,820 | ||
In the soecond round, List of Hope supported Davatgari.[9]
| 2nd Round[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh | 50,980 | 54.37 |
| 2 | Mehdi Davatgari (incumbent) | 39,568 | 42.20 |
| Blank or Invalid Votes | 3,208 | 3.42 | |
| Total Votes | 93,756 | ||
Controversy
On 27 April 2016, speaking in a meeting with construction workers of Maragheh at the city's Pasdaran square, he called himself soldier of the Supreme Leader and said: "Do not vote for capitalists. I'm not afraid of them. I'll bring them to you the way you can rape them...". "No one has the guts to say these things [that I'm saying, because] he will be given the hell, but I will take the the officials' pants off. No one can't say a word to me, because they know that anyone who breaks the law, [I] will give him hell...", "Let them kill us, they kill [me] and someone will replace me. Let them eat shit!", he added. The markings was filmed with cellphones and vent viral on social media after he was elected.[11]
Death
At 5:45 am, 7 May 2016, Hosseinzadeh died in a car accident while driving his Peugeot Pars on the Qazvin–Zanjan road en route from his hometown to Tehran. According to Iranian Traffic Police officials, the car overturned because "the driver was sleepy". The other four passengers survived the accident.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Principlists lost one of their members of Parliament" (in Persian). Islamic Republic News Agency. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Final list of "Principlists Grand Coalition" nationwide" (in Persian). Tasnim News Agency. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Absolute Victory of United Front of Principlists in the 9th Parliament" (in Persian). Khabaronline. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Why Principlists candidate in Maragheh was not introduced?" (in Persian). Dana.ir. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Final Names of the "Second Step" candidates is declared nationwide" (in Persian). Official Website of the List of Hope. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Final list of "People's Voice" candidates in Tehran and some other Electoral Districts" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Final list of Front of Prudence and Development nationwide was declared". Iranian Labour News Agency (in Persian). 24 February 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Two candidates of Maragheh and Ajabshir district went to round 2" (in Persian). Islamic Republic News Agency. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ ""List of Hope" Finalized For the Second Round" (in Persian). Official Website of the List of Hope. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh became representative of Maragheh and Ajabshir in 10th Parliament" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Offensive words of a members of Parliament who won in 2nd round" (in Persian). Khabaronline. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.