Iranian legislative election, 1984

Iranian legislative election, 1984
Iran
15 April and 17 May 1984

All 270 seats of Islamic Consultative Assembly
136 seats needed for a majority
Registered 24,143,498[1]
Turnout 64.64%[1]
  First party
 
Leader Ali Khamenei
Party IRP
Leader since 1981
Leader's seat Did not stand
Last election 85
Seats won 130
Seat change Increase 45

Prime Minister before election

Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Islamic Republican Party

Elected Prime Minister

Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Islamic Republican Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 15 April 1984, with a second round on 17 May.[2] The majority of seats were won by independents, whilst the Islamic Republican Party was the only party to win seats. Voter turnout was 65.1% in the first round.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Islamic Republican Party 130+45
Independents 1400
Invalid/blank votes
Total15,815,9861002700
Registered voters/turnout24,300,00065.1
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. 1 2 "1984 Parliamentary Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p68 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  3. Nohlen et al., p69
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