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2006 Tehran City Council election

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Islamic City Council of Tehran election, 2006

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15 City Council seats
8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47%[1]
Alliance Conservatives Reformists
Seats won
10 / 15
4 / 15
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 4

Chairman before election

Mehdi Chamran
Conservative

Elected Chairman

Mehdi Chamran
Conservative

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.[2]

Results

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

References

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  1. ^ Majid, Mohammadi (2018), The Iranian Reform Movement: Civil and Constitutional Rights in Suspension, Springer, p. 255, ISBN 9783319909691
  2. ^ 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.