An election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 15 December 2006, along with the local elections nationwide.
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.
Results #CandidateElectoral listVotes%FLILPSSRC↓ 15 Sitting Members ↓ 1 Mehdi Chamran 603,766 36.45 2 Morteza Talaie 539,761 32.58 3 Rasoul Khadem 427,097 25.78 4 Abbas Sheibani 394,457 23.81 5 Hadi Saei 384,358 23.20 6 Hamzeh Shakib 330,233 19.93 7 Alireza Dabir306,729 18.52 8 Parvin Ahmadinejad 242,501 14.64 9 Masoumeh Ebtekar 232,959 14.06 10 Ahmad Masjed-Jamei 216,015 13.04 11 Mohammad Ali Najafi 202,700 12.24 12 Masoumeh Abad 201,754 12.18 13 Hassan Bayadi 200,397 12.10 14 Khosrow Daneshjoo 200,175 12.08 15 Habib Kashani 197,284 11.91↓ Alternative Members ↓ 16 Abdolmoghim Nasehi 195,83911.83 17 Hassan Ziari 188,226 11.36 18 Mahmoud Khosravivafa 173,32110.46 19 Amir-Ali Amiri 160,9349.71 20 Bahman Adibzadeh 158,6269.57 21 Mohsen Vafamehr 154,8779.34↓ Defeated Candidates ↓ 22 Abbas Masjedi-Arani 153,0669.24 23 Mehrdad Bazrpash 150,0889.06 24 Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani 148,5058.96 25 Masoud Zaribafan 147,6578.91Total Votes1,656,558100Source: BBC / Iran
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