Iranian legislative election, 2000
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All 290 seats of Islamic Consultative Assembly 146 seats needed for a majority |
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| Registered | 38,726,388 | |||||||||
| Turnout | 69.27% | |||||||||
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Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
Combatant Clergy
Mehdi Karroubi
Combatant Clerics
Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 18 February 2000, with a second round on 5 May. The result was a victory for the 2nd of Khordad Front and its allies, which won 195, 216 or 222 of the 290 seats in the Majlis.
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. Five seats reserved for minority groups including Jews, Zorastrians, Armenians from the north and south of the country and one elected by Assyrians.
A total of 6,083 candidates contested the elections. 225 of the 290 seats were won in the first round of voting.
Main reformist coalition lists were "2nd of Khordad Press" and "Coalition of 15 Groups Supporting 2nd of Khordad" (including 11 out of 18 members in the 2nd of Khordad Front) and main principlist coalition was Coalition of Followers of the Line of Imam and Leader. Rest of lists were issued by solitary parties. For the first time Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran issued an electoral list and was able to win two exclusive seats (Alireza Rajaei in Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr and Rahman Kargosha in Arak, Komijan and Khondab) but the Guardian Council declared their votes "voided".
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