2006 Tehran City Council election

An election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 15 December 2006, along with the local elections nationwide.

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

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