1998 Iranian Assembly of Experts election in Tehran province

The third elections for the Assembly of Experts in Tehran Province was held on 23 October 1998[1] to elect 16 representatives in the constituency. The result was a victory for the conservatives. Allied institutions the Combatant Clergy Association and the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom supported candidates jointly, while the Association of Combatant Clerics and the Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers whose most members were disqualified by the Guardian Council did not support any candidates. Executives of Construction Party was the only reformist group that competed in the election.

1998 Assembly of Experts election

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Turnout39.45%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mahdavi Kani & Yazdi Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Party Combatant Clergy Association & Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Executives of Construction Party
Seats won
13 / 16
9 / 16

The voter turnout was declared 39.45% in the constituency.[1]

Results

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# Candidate Electoral list(s) Votes % Notes
ECP CCA SST
1 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani  Y  Y  Y 1,682,882 60.10 Elected
2 Ali Meshkini  Y  Y  Y 1,240,524 44.30
3 Mohammad Reyshahri  Y  Y  Y 1,212,249 43.29
4 Mohammad Emami-Kashani  Y  Y  Y 1,179,566 42.12
5 Mohammad Yazdi  Y  Y 1,124,620 40.16
6 Ahmad Jannati  Y  Y 1,047,232 37.40
7 Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli  Y 931,845 33.28
8 Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi  Y  Y 889,065 31.75
9 Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi  Y  Y 882,672 31.52
10 Majid Ansari  Y 835,037 29.82
11 Mohsen Kharazi  Y  Y  Y 765,802 27.35
12 Bagher Asadi-Khonsari  Y  Y 764,633 27.31
13 Mohammad Mohammadi-Gilani  Y  Y  Y 693,173 24.75
14 Reza Ostadi  Y  Y 636,651 22.74
15 Mohsen Qomi  Y 633,774 22.63
16 Gholamreza Rezvani  Y  Y 606,735 21.67
Mohammad-Javad Hojjati-Kermani  Y Un­known Defeated
Ali Hojjati-Kermani  Y
Mousavi-Bojnourdi  Y
Saghafi  Y
Ma'refat  Y
Ghazizadeh  Y
Marvi  Y
Anvari  Y  Y
Mohammad Momen  Y  Y
Hossein Rasti-Kashani  Y  Y
Blank Votes 85,047 3.04
Invalid Votes 68,689 2.45
Total Votes 2,800,267 100
Source: Results via IRNA / lists via IRNA, Hamshahri and Hamshahri

References

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  1. ^ a b Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 267. ISBN 9780815654322.