Elections in Iran

Iran elects on national level a head of state and the head of government (the president), a legislature (the Majlis), and an "Assembly of Experts" (which elects the Supreme Leader). City and Village Council elections are also held every four years throughout the entire country. The president is elected for a four-year term by the citizens. The Parliament or Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis-e Shura-ye Eslami) currently has 290 members, also elected for a four-year term in multi- and single-seat constituencies. Elections for the Assembly of Experts are held every eight years. All candidates have to be approved by the Guardian Council. See Politics of Iran for more details.

Until January 2007, when it was raised to 18, the voting age was 15 years, the lowest globally at the time.^[1]

The most recent Iranian presidential election was held on 18 June 2021 and the most recent legislative election on 21 February 2020. Presidential and local elections were held on 19 May 2017 simultaneously. Previous parliamentary elections and Assembly of Experts elections were held on 26 February 2016.

Iran was ranked 18th least electoral democratic country in Asia according to V-Dem Democracy indices in 2023 with a score of 0.182 out of 1.^[2]^[3]

Elections since 1979[edit]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ebrahim Raisi	Combatant Clergy Association	17,926,345	72.38
	Mohsen Rezaee	Resistance Front of Islamic Iran	3,412,712	13.78
	Abdolnaser Hemmati	Executives of Construction Party	2,427,201	9.80
	Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi	Islamic Law Party	999,718	4.04
Total			24,765,976	100.00

Valid votes			24,765,976	85.60
Invalid/blank votes			4,167,028	14.40
Total votes			28,933,004	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			59,310,307	48.78
Source: Iran International

^ O'Toole, Pam (12 March 2008). "Iran's first-time voters split". BBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
^ V-Dem Institute (2023). "The V-Dem Dataset". Retrieved 14 October 2023.
^ Democracy Report 2023, Table 3, V-Dem Institute, 2023

v t e Elections and referendums in Iran
Presidential	1980 1981 (Jul) 1981 (Oct) 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Parliamentary	1906 1909 1914 1921 1923 1926 1928 1930 1932 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943–44 1947 1950 1952 1954 1956 1960 1961 1963 1967 1971 1975 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Assembly of Experts	1982 1990 1998 2006 2016 2024
Senate	1949 1954 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975
Local	1968 1970 1972 1976 1979 1999 2003 2006 2013 2017 2021
Constituent	1925 1949 1967 1979
Referendums	1953 1963 1979 (Mar) 1979 (Dec) 1989
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v t e Electoral districts of Iran
Ardabil	Ardabil, Nir, Namin and Sareyn Germi Khalkhal and Kowsar Meshginshahr Parsabad and Bilesavar
East Azerbaijan	Ahar and Heris Bonab Bostanabad‎ Hashtrud and Charuymaq‎ Kaleybar, Khoda Afarin and Hurand Malekan Maragheh and Ajabshir‎ Marand and Jolfa Mianeh Sarab Shabestar Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr‎ Varzaqan
Fars	Shiraz
Gilan	Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh Astara Bandar-e Anzali Fuman and Shaft Siahkal Langarud Rasht Roudsar and Amlash Rudbar Sowme'eh Sara Talesh, Rezvanshahr and Masal
Isfahan	Golpayegan and Khvansar Isfahan Natanz and Qamsar
Qom	Qom
Razavi Khorasan	Mashhad and Kalat
Tehran	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
West Azerbaijan	Bukan Khoy and Chaypareh Mahabad Maku, Chaldoran, Poldasht and Showt Miandoab, Shahin Dezh and Takab Naqadeh and Oshnavieh Piranshahr and Sardasht Salmas Urmia
Zanjan	Abhar and Khorramdarreh Khodabandeh Mahneshan and Ijrud Zanjan and Tarom
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