Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2016
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| Turnout | 62% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Assembly of Experts election were held in Iran on 26 February 2016 to elect Assembly of Experts members. The 88 members of the Assembly of Experts, known as mujtahids, are directly elected. The elections had been planned for 2014, but were delayed by a year in order to hold them alongside the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections.
The winning candidates of the Assembly of Experts' next term, lasting until 2024, possibly might have to choose the Next Supreme Leader of Iran, or at the very least plan for it.
For the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 801 unprecedented aspirants registered to run in the elections. The number showed a 62.47% increase comparing to the previous election held in 2006. Among the candidates there were 16 females, another unprecedented event. There have been no female members in the assembly since its establishment.
On December 31, 2015 the Guardian Council announced that the 4-hour Ijtihad test would be held January 5, 2016 in Qom in order to indicate candidates with proper knowledge, specifying that no alternative test date would be offered. The Council invited 527 candidates to take the test, excluding the 152 who reportedly withdrew and 111 who were denied permission (for a total of 790). Of the 16 women who registered, 10 received invitations.
Nearly 80% of candidates who applied for the Assembly were disqualified by the Guardian Council, including every female and Hassan Khomeini.
4 incumbent members were disqualified:
Some of other famous disqualified candidates include:
Disqualifications left 9 constituencies only one candidate per seat, in other terms 20% of seats would be won by an uncontested election. Later Ministry of Interior declared that with Guardian Council's approval, some qualified candidates changed their electoral district to make the election competitive in the destination constituency.
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