Iranian legislative election, 1996

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8 March and 19 April 1996

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All 270 seats of Islamic Consultative Assembly
135 seats needed for a majority

Registered

24,716,692

Turnout

71.10%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani	Mehdi Karoubi	Gholamhossein Karbaschi
Party	Combatant Clergy Association and allies	Association of Combatant Clerics and allies	Executives of Construction Party and allies
Leader since	1979	1988	1996
Leader's seat	Did not stand	Did not stand	Did not stand
Seats before	150	0	New
Seats won	110	80	80
Seat change	40	80	80
Percentage	40.7%	29.6%	29.6%

Speaker before election

Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
Combatant Clergy Association

Elected Speaker

Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
Combatant Clergy Association

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 8 March 1996, with a second round on 19 April. The Combatant Clergy Association and its allies emerged as the largest bloc in the Majlis, winning 110 of the 270 seats.

The constitution approved in a December 1979 referendum provided for a 270-seat Majlis, with five seats reserved for minority groups including Jews, Zorastrians, Armenians from the north and south of the country and one jointly elected by Assyrians and Chaldeans.

The elections were conducted using a two-round system, with the number of candidates progressing to the second round being double the number of seats available. Candidates required an absolute majority to win a seat in the first round, and plurality to win in the second round.

A total of 3,726 candidates contested the elections, including around 326 women. 145 seats were won in the first round of voting.

Main groups contesting in the elections were:

15 Freedom Movement members presented themselves as candidates and only 4 of them made it through initial vetting, 3 of whom were excluded before polling day. The organization announced its intention to withdraw from the election. The election was boycotted by the National Front and Nation Party.

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