Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2006

Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2006

1998 ← December 15, 2006 → 2012

All 88 seats to the Assembly of Experts   Leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Hassan Rowhani Alliance Conservatives Reformists Leader's seat Tehran Tehran Seats won 59 29

Speaker before election Ali Meshkini Conservatives Elected Speaker Ali Meshkini Conservatives

The Iranian Assembly of Experts election of 2006 was held on December 15, 2006. People elected representatives for the Assembly of Experts, the mujtahid that elect the Supreme Leader.

The elections took place on the same day as the election for electing City and Village Councils

Candidates

The Islamic Doctorate credentials of all candidates were approved by the Guardian Council using written and oral (interview) examinations. Some members of the Council were also candidates. Although there were a few women mujtahids applying for candidacy, they could not pass the examination. The number of candidates which passed the examination was so low that the council had to lower the passing mark several times. There were initially 144 candidates for the 86 available seats.^[1][2] This was later increased, and according to Islamic Republic News Agency there were 181 qualified candidates.^[3][2] However, the number of candidates on the day of election was 165, and for the first time there were two non-cleric doctor of Islam candidate, although they were not elected.^[4][5][6][7]

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Outcome

The Ministry of Interior reported an estimated 60% turnout of the 46.5 million eligible voters,^[8] reporting "more than 28 million people" as the number of voters who had voted.^[9] Different parties had several candidates in common, but Baztab News reported that the candidate list announced by the Combatant Clergy Association has captured most of the seats (68 of 86 seats, while introducing 81 candidates). Reformists backed by Mahdi Karroubi and fundamentalist associates of Mesbah Yazdi failed to live up to their expectations.^[10][4]

The results were:

Constituency	Name	Party	Votes
Tehran	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani		1,564,197
	Ali Meshkini		839,834
	Mohammad Yazdi		823,602
	Mohammad Emami-Kashani		823,308
	Mohsen Kazeroun (Kazerouni)		800,973,
	Ahmad Jannati		787,908
	Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi		726,498
	Hassan Rohani		669,990
	Mohsen Qomi		625,428
	Seyyed Mohsen Aqa Mir Mohammad Ali (Kharrazi)		618,752
	Qorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi		595,893
	Mohammad Baqer Baqeri (Baqeri Kani)		536,928
	Reza Ostadi-Moqaddam		520,674
	Mohammad Mohammadi Davi-Saraei (Mohammadi Gilani)		520,626
	Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Marashi (Shoushtari)		501,222
	Abdolnabi Namazi		492,146
Qom	Mohammad Momen		n/k
(Tehran Source) (ISNA) (Qom)

The Assembly was convened on 19 February 2007 and Ali Meshkini was re-elected as chairman. The changes in the presiding board from the 3rd assembly was the replacement of Mohammad Yazdi with Ebrahim Amini, who has retired, as the 2nd deputy chairman; and election of Hassan Rohani as a provisionist.^[11]

References

1. ^ IRAN Press controls increase as election campaign gets underway - Asia News
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3. ^ Irna
4. ^ ^{a b} [1] [2]
5. ^ Iran: Elections Seen As Test Of Ahmadinejad's Popularity - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY
6. ^ http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2542
7. ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/iranian.studies/Policy%20Brief%201.pdf
8. ^ "Early signs mixed in Iran vote". Reuters. 2006-12-16. http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-12-16T144602Z_01_L15713249_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAN-ELECTIONS.xml&pageNumber=1&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage3. Retrieved 2006-12-21. 
9. ^ IRNA (2006-12-21). "رییس ستاد انتخابات: حضور باشکوه مردم در انتخابات مجلس خبرگان پشتیبانی از ولایت فقیه است" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2007-01-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20070126210107/http://www.irna.ir/fa/news/view/line-5/8509309618114858.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-21. 
10. ^ "The winning arrangement in the Experts Election (آرایش پیروز در انتخابات خبرگان)" (in Persian). http://www.baztab.com/news/55753.php. 
11. ^ [3][4][5]

External links

• Iran: Assembly Election Significant Despite Heavy Vetting
• The ‘Second Islamic Revolution’ in Iran
• Candidates profile - In Persian
• Ayatollah Najmi weblog - A candidate's weblog - In Persian
• FACTBOX-Officials, Iranians, comment on elections
• Baztab - In Persian
• Supreme Leader Remarks
• List of candidates

Islamic Republic News Agency

• http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0612054404140233.htm
• http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0612069019143223.htm
• http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0612054498165449.htm
• http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0612074887141446.htm