Iranian local elections, 2003

City and Village Councils elections
Iran
February 28, 2003 (2003-02-28)
905 City and 34,205 Village Councils
Registered 41,501,783[1]
Turnout 49.96%[1]
Votes casted 20,235,898[1]

Iranian City and Village Councils elections, 2003 took place in February, 2003, the second time local elections had taken place since being introduced in 1999 as part of President Khatami's concept of a civil society at the grassroots level. 905 city councils and 34,205 village councils were up for election. In Tehran and some of the major cities, all of the seats were taken back by conservatives over reformists. This swing was caused by widespread abstention from the local elections. In Tehran only 12% of the electorate voted, following appeals by reformist groups.

Results

Tehran

# Candidate Political camp/List Votes[2] %[2]
Sitting Members
1 Mehdi Chamran Alliance of Builders 192,716 36.57
2 Abbas Sheybani Alliance of Builders 178,351 33.84
3 Nader Shariatmadari Alliance of Builders 104,147 19.76
4 Hassan Bayadi Alliance of Builders 103,150 19.57
5 Hassan Ziari Alliance of Builders 100,454 19.06
6 Habib Kashani Alliance of Builders 99,013 18.78
7 Mahmoud Khosravi-Vafa Alliance of Builders 98,390 18.67
8 Hamzeh Shakib Alliance of Builders 98,313 18.65
9 Khosro Daneshjou Alliance of Builders 98,291 18.65
10 Masoud Zaribafan Alliance of Builders 95,971 18.21
11 Rasoul Khadem Independent 92,606 17.57
12 Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani Alliance of Builders 90,832 17.24
13 Nasrin Soltankhah Alliance of Builders 90,029 17.08
14 Manzar Khayyer-Habibollahi Alliance of Builders 87,690 16.64
15 Mahnoush Motamedi-Azar Alliance of Builders 85,839 16.29
Alternate Members
16 Mostafa Tajzadeh Reformist 66,196 12.56
17 Mohammad-Mehdi Mazaheri-Tehrani Alliance of Builders 54,616 10.36
18 Abolghassem Ashouri Reformist 51,492 9.77
19 Ebrahim Asgharzadeh Reformist 45,519 8.36
20 Mehdi Ghasemi-Kajani Reformist 41,844 7.94
21 Alireza Rajaei Nationalist–Religious 36,078 6.84
Valid Votes526,972
Total Votes562,522

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2003 Municipal Councils Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
  2. 1 2 Omid Karimi, "در ۳ دوره گذشته شورای شهر تهران هر نماینده چه تعداد و چند درصد رای آورد؟", Khabaronline (in Persian)
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