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    2012
  • Presidential
    June 2013

Iran

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: Leader of the Islamic Revoluti Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- KHAMENEI *
  • Head of Government: President Mahmud AHMADI-NEJAD
  • Assembly: Iran has a unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami) with 290 seats.

* The Leader of the Islamic Revolution is appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts.

Description of electoral system:

  • The Leader of the Islamic Revoluti is appointed N/A.
  • President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term.
  • In the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami) 290 members are elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms.***

*** District magnitudes range from one to six. Five of 290 seats are reserved to recognized religious minorities. The electoral system is based on the multiple non-transferable vote (i.e. voters have as many votes to cast as there are seats to fill in the respective constituency). The victory threshold for a candidate is 25 percent, however. If no candidate exceeds 25 percent of votes in the first round, a second-round election is held. Two-way ties are broken by lot. There are no clear provisions for breaking ties among three or more candidates.

Population:

  • Population: 66,429,284 (July 2009 est)

Future elections

  • Presidential - June 2013
  • Parliamentary - 2012

Past elections

  • Presidential
    First Round - June 12, 2009
  • Parliamentary
    Third Round - April 25, 2008
  • Parliamentary
    Second Round - April 25, 2008
  • Parliamentary
    First Round - March 14, 2008
  • Presidential
    Second Round - June 24, 2005
  • Presidential
    First Round - June 17, 2005
  • Parliamentary
    Second Round - May 7, 2004
  • Parliamentary
    First Round - February 20, 2004
  • Presidential - June 8, 2001
  • Parliamentary - February 18, 2000
  • Parliamentary - October 23, 1998

Last Updated on 09/30/2010

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