Iranian legislative election, 2020 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)

This is an overview of the 2020 Iranian legislative election in Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district. In the election, all 30 seats were decided in the first round and went to the unity list jointly endorsed by the Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces and the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability. Turnout The election was noted being held two days after acknowledgement of COVID-19 spread in Iran, as well as for its low turnout, which was the lowest nationwide amidst the lowest national turnout for decades. The turnout was interpreted as a possible sign of apathy and widespread dissatisfaction with the establishment.

Official turnout in the constituency was put at 25.4% by the interior minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, who was quoted by the AP as saying "we believe that the number of votes and the turnout is absolutely acceptable". Ali Motahari, an outgoing MP for the constituency, expressed his regret that only 18% of eligible voters in the city of Tehran had shown up at the polling place, of whom 8% had cast spoilt ballots.

Results

#CandidateList(s)Candidates listed: Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces Front of Islamic Revolution Stability Campaign for Justice-seeking Parliament People's Coalition Economy and People's Livelihood Coalition For Iran Friends of HashemiVotes%↓ Elected Members ↓1Mohammad Bagher GhalibafProud Iran1,265,28768.692Mostafa Mir-SalimProud Iran892,31848.453Morteza AghatehraniStability Front868,02547.134Elias NaderanProud Iran / Stability Front841,95645.715Mohsen DehnavaiProud Iran / Stability Front829,29245.026Mahmoud NabavianProud Iran / Stability Front821,20344.587Ehsan KhandouziProud Iran801,69643.538Eghbal ShakeriProud Iran795,21143.179Abolfazl AmouyiProud Iran792,96443.0510Bijan Nobaveh-VatanStability Front792,56543.0311Mojtaba TavangarProud Iran789,91342.8912Fatemeh RahbarProud Iran787,48542.7513Mohsen PirhadiProud Iran785,45042.6414Rouhollah IzadkhahJustice Seekers / Stability Front784,45642.5915Ahmad NaderiProud Iran783,54542.5416Abdolhossein RouhalaminiProud Iran779,47942.3217Nezameddin MousaviProud Iran / Stability Front778,61842.2718Zohreh ElahianProud Iran773,26341.9819Malek ShariatiProud Iran768,13941.7020Mehdi SharifianProud Iran760,01641.2621Reza TaghaviProud Iran753,30740.9022Somayeh RafieiProud Iran742,97540.3423Ali YazdikhahProud Iran742,39440.3124Ali KhezrianStability Front740,03340.1825Reza TaghipourStability Front728,23839.5426Fatemeh GhasempourProud Iran726,00739.4227Mojtaba RezakhahProud Iran723,72939.2928Zohreh LajevardiStability Front714,93138.8229Gholamhossein RezvaniStability Front711,60838.6330Ezzatollah Akbari TalarposhtiProud Iran642,21434.87↓ Defeated candidates ↓31Vahid YaminpourPeople's Coalition / Stability Front296,02116.0732Hamid RasaeePeople's Coalition219,64811.9333Ali JafariStability Front150,4228.1734Alireza Mahjoub For Iran / Friends of Hashemi95,3935.1835Mohammad-Sadegh ShahbaziJustice Seekers / Stability Front86,1804.6836Majid Ansari For Iran / Friends of Hashemi69,1513.7537Soheila Jolodarzadeh For Iran / Friends of Hashemi67,8203.6838Mostafa KavakebianFor Iran61,3963.3339Mohammad HosseiniPeople's Coalition55,4313.0140Mohammad AghamiriProud Iran51,4062.7941Mehdi KouchakzadehPeople's Coalition49,3262.6842Ali ShamsipourProud Iran47,5112.5843Mostafa ZamanianProud Iran46,7912.5444Vahid AshtariJustice Seekers 46,5882.5345Hossein Pirhadicolspan=3 45,9562.5046Mohammad-Sadegh Koushkicolspan=3 45,8122.4947Soudeh NajafiProud Iran44,9142.4448Kioumars HashemiProud Iran44,5622.4249Atefeh KhademiProud Iran37,6632.0450Zahra Saei For Iran / Friends of Hashemi36,2391.9751Mohammad Reza Badamchi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi35,6751.9452Parvaneh Mafi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi33,6091.8253Mohammad-Ali VakiliFor Iran31,9491.7354Farideh Oladghobad For Iran / Friends of Hashemi31,5971.7255Mohammad-Hossein Moghimi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi31,0931.6956Mohammad-Reza RahchamaniFor Iran30,5371.6657Mehdi ZaribafPeople's Coalition / Stability Front30,4751.6558Farid Mousavi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi28,8481.5759Mohammad Aghamiricolspan=3 28,5251.5560Mohammad Reza Najafi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi24,4801.3361Hassan Tarighat MonfaredPeople's Coalition / Justice Seekers24,4131.3362Gholamreza Mesbahi-MoghaddamEconomy and People's Livelihood23,1021.2563Afshin Ala' For Iran / Friends of Hashemi22,8971.2464Davoud Mohammadi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi21,6941.1865Vahid Toutounchi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi20,0391.0966Abolfazl SoroushFor Iran19,4591.0667Saeid BagheriFor Iran18,0320.9868Mohammad-Reza Sharifi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi17,8430.9769Mohammad-Hossein Sheikhmohammadi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi17,5070.9570Azam Samsami For Iran / Friends of Hashemi16,8060.9171Mehdi SheykhFor Iran16,6660.9072Mohammad-Hadi Enteshari For Iran / Friends of Hashemi16,3810.8973Mohammad-Javad AbtahiStability Front16,3770.8974Amir Asgari For Iran / Friends of Hashemi16,3130.8975Fakhreddin Saberi For Iran / Friends of Hashemi15,4470.8476Mehdi SarramiStability Front14,0280.7677Hassan AnsariFor Iran13,7370.7578Mohammad SoleimaniPeople's Coalition / Stability Front55,240.7479Mohammad-Reza Rezvanicolspan=3 12,8140.7080Mohsen Alijani-ZamaniFor Iran12,1330.6681Ali DastaniFor Iran11,4830.6282Mohammad-Reza AsnafiJustice Seekers 10,9230.5983Mojtaba Ghasempourcolspan=3 10,3770.5684Mahdi Movahedi BeknazarJustice Seekers 10,0730.5585Laleh EftekhariEconomy and People's Livelihood10,0170.5486Elham AminzadehEconomy and People's Livelihood9,8040.5387Firouz AslaniStability Front9,7610.5388Mohsen BadrehJustice Seekers 9,5140.5289Habib Sohrabi-ParsaFor Iran9,1310.5090Hossein HajilouJustice Seekers 9,0460.4991Sadeq KhalilianPeople's Coalition8,8910.4892Ali-Hossein Rezaeiancolspan=3 8,8580.4893Hossein RazavipourJustice Seekers 8,7760.4894Reza KalhorJustice Seekers 8,6720.4795Davoud ManzourPeople's Coalition / Justice Seekers8,6630.4796Ali-Asghari PourezzatJustice Seekers 8,3040.4597Seyyed Mia'ad SalehiEconomy and People's Livelihood8,1230.4498Abolfazl ZohrevandPeople's Coalition8,0910.4499Saeid KaramiProud Iran / People's Coalition7,9500.43100Ahmad-Reza Arefcolspan=3 7,8980.431159 other candidates<7,800 <0.42Blank or Invalid VotesNot announcedTotal Votes1,841,891100

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