City Council of Tehran

City Council of Tehran
Tehran City Council
Type
Type Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman Mehdi Chamran
since April 1, 2003
Deputy Chairman Alireza Dabir
since January 25, 2007
Members 15
Elections
Voting system Single-member districts
Last election December 15, 2006
Meeting place
Members of Tehran Council and Sohrab's Mother.jpg
City Council Building
Mellat Street
Tehran
Website
Tehran City Council Website

The City Council of Tehran (Persian: شورای اسلامی شهر تهران) is the elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the Mayor of Tehran, and budgets of the Municipality of Tehran.

The council is composed of fifteen members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Council are chosen by the council at the first regular meeting in odd-numbered years.

It holds regular meetings on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 10 am (except on holidays or if decided by special resolution not to meet).

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Current members

Officers:

District Name Votes
1 Mehdi Chamran 603,766
2 Morteza Talaie 539,761
3 Rasoul Khadem 427,097
4 Abbas Sheibani 394,457
5 Hadi Saei 384,358
6 Hamzeh Shakib 330,233
7 Alireza Dabir 306,729
8 Parvin Ahmadinejad 242,501
9 Masoumeh Ebtekar 232,959
10 Ahmad Masjed-Jamei 216,015
11 Mohammad Ali Najafi 215,780
12 Masoume Abad 201,111
13 1Hassan Bayadi 190,004
14 Khosrow Daneshjoo 176,613
15 Habib Kashani 133,339

Results were announced on February 11, 2007. Returns from a total of 1,656,558 ballots canvassed from 3,185 ballot boxes all over the city show the following candidates with the highest number of votes

Past members

See also

External links

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