- Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2006
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Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2006 1998 ← December 15, 2006 → 2012 All 88 seats to the Assembly of Experts Leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Hassan Rowhani Alliance Conservatives Reformists Leader's seat Tehran Tehran Seats won 59 29
Speaker before election
Ali Meshkini
ConservativesElected Speaker
Ali Meshkini
ConservativesThe Iranian Assembly of Experts election of 2006 was held on December 15, 2006. People elected representatives for the Assembly of Experts, the mujtahid that elect the Supreme Leader.
The elections took place on the same day as the election for electing City and Village Councils
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Candidates
The Islamic Doctorate credentials of all candidates were approved by the Guardian Council using written and oral (interview) examinations. Some members of the Council were also candidates. Although there were a few women mujtahids applying for candidacy, they could not pass the examination. The number of candidates which passed the examination was so low that the council had to lower the passing mark several times. There were initially 144 candidates for the 86 available seats.[1][2] This was later increased, and according to Islamic Republic News Agency there were 181 qualified candidates.[3][2] However, the number of candidates on the day of election was 165, and for the first time there were two non-cleric doctor of Islam candidate, although they were not elected.[4][5][6][7]
Iran
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Outcome
The Ministry of Interior reported an estimated 60% turnout of the 46.5 million eligible voters,[8] reporting "more than 28 million people" as the number of voters who had voted.[9] Different parties had several candidates in common, but Baztab News reported that the candidate list announced by the Combatant Clergy Association has captured most of the seats (68 of 86 seats, while introducing 81 candidates). Reformists backed by Mahdi Karroubi and fundamentalist associates of Mesbah Yazdi failed to live up to their expectations.[10][4]
The results were:
Constituency Name Party Votes Tehran Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 1,564,197 Ali Meshkini 839,834 Mohammad Yazdi 823,602 Mohammad Emami-Kashani 823,308 Mohsen Kazeroun (Kazerouni) 800,973, Ahmad Jannati 787,908 Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi 726,498 Hassan Rohani 669,990 Mohsen Qomi 625,428 Seyyed Mohsen Aqa Mir Mohammad Ali (Kharrazi) 618,752 Qorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi 595,893 Mohammad Baqer Baqeri (Baqeri Kani) 536,928 Reza Ostadi-Moqaddam 520,674 Mohammad Mohammadi Davi-Saraei (Mohammadi Gilani) 520,626 Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Marashi (Shoushtari) 501,222 Abdolnabi Namazi 492,146 Qom Mohammad Momen n/k (Tehran Source) (ISNA) (Qom) The Assembly was convened on 19 February 2007 and Ali Meshkini was re-elected as chairman. The changes in the presiding board from the 3rd assembly was the replacement of Mohammad Yazdi with Ebrahim Amini, who has retired, as the 2nd deputy chairman; and election of Hassan Rohani as a provisionist.[11]
References
- ^ IRAN Press controls increase as election campaign gets underway - Asia News
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- ^ Irna
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- ^ Iran: Elections Seen As Test Of Ahmadinejad's Popularity - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY
- ^ http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2542
- ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/iranian.studies/Policy%20Brief%201.pdf
- ^ "Early signs mixed in Iran vote". Reuters. 2006-12-16. http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-12-16T144602Z_01_L15713249_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAN-ELECTIONS.xml&pageNumber=1&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage3. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
- ^ IRNA (2006-12-21). "رییس ستاد انتخابات: حضور باشکوه مردم در انتخابات مجلس خبرگان پشتیبانی از ولایت فقیه است" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2007-01-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20070126210107/http://www.irna.ir/fa/news/view/line-5/8509309618114858.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
- ^ "The winning arrangement in the Experts Election (آرایش پیروز در انتخابات خبرگان)" (in Persian). http://www.baztab.com/news/55753.php.
- ^ [3][4][5]
External links
- Iran: Assembly Election Significant Despite Heavy Vetting
- The ‘Second Islamic Revolution’ in Iran
- Candidates profile - In Persian
- Ayatollah Najmi weblog - A candidate's weblog - In Persian
- FACTBOX-Officials, Iranians, comment on elections
- Baztab - In Persian
- Supreme Leader Remarks
- List of candidates
Islamic Republic News Agency
- http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0612054404140233.htm
- http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0612069019143223.htm
- http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0612054498165449.htm
- http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0612074887141446.htm
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