The third elections for the Assembly of Experts in Tehran Province was held on 23 October 1998 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.
The voter turnout was declared 39.45% in the constituency.
Results #CandidateElectoral list(s) Votes%NotesECPCCASST1Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 1,682,882 60.10Elected2Ali Meshkini 1,240,52444.303Mohammad Reyshahri 1,212,24943.294Mohammad Emami-Kashani 1,179,56642.125Mohammad Yazdi 1,124,62040.166Ahmad Jannati 1,047,23237.407Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli 931,84533.288Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi 889,06531.759Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi 882,67231.5210Majid Ansari 835,03729.8211Mohsen Kharazi 765,80227.3512Bagher Asadi-Khonsari 764,63327.3113Mohammad Mohammadi-Gilani 693,17324.7514Reza Ostadi 636,65122.7415Mohsen Qomi 633,77422.6316Gholamreza Rezvani 606,73521.67Mohammad-Javad Hojjati-Kermani colspan=2 rowspan=10 DefeatedAli Hojjati-Kermani Mousavi-Bojnourdi Saghafi Ma'refat Ghazizadeh Marvi Anvari Mohammad Momen Hossein Rasti-Kashani Blank Votes85,0473.04Invalid Votes68,6892.45Total Votes2,800,267100Source: Results via IRNA / lists via IRNA, Hamshahri and Hamshahri
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