1984 Iranian legislative election explained

Election Name:1984 Iranian legislative election
Country:Iran
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:Popular
Party Colour:no
Previous Year:1980
Election Date:15 April and 17 May 1984
Next Year:1988
Seats For Election:All 270 seats of Islamic Consultative Assembly
Majority Seats:136
Registered:24,143,498
Turnout:64.64%
Colour1:000000
Image1:President Ali Khamenei speech at 2nd legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Cropped).jpg
Party1:Islamic Republican Party
Leader1:Ali Khamenei
Leaders Seat1:Did not stand
Leader Since1:1981
Last Election1:85
Seats1:130
Seat Change1: 45
Percentage1:48.14%
Prime Minister
Before Election:Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Before Party:Islamic Republican Party
After Election:Mir-Hossein Mousavi
After Party:Islamic Republican Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 15 April 1984, with a second round on 17 May.[1] 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.[2]

The Freedom Movement of Iran declared that it would boycott the elections after its headquarters was attacked and the authorities refused to permit the party to hold two seminars.[3]

Background

The election was held under conditions of severe sanctions on politic and economical sector as well as war with Iraq's Baathist government (Iran-Iraq War). This election was also first time since the 1979 revolution where only one political party was allowed to participate (as other political parties were banned and even dissolved before this election).

Conduct

The election was held under conditions of war with Iraq's Baathist government (Iran-Iraq War), caused many cities in border with Iraq were severely destroyed (or could not hold direct election). Therefore. this election was conducted with two ways :

  1. Direct national election (for areas that were not heavily affected by war and also for religious minorities seats)
  2. Indirect national election (for areas that were heavily affected by war -mainly in border with Iraq-)

Out of 193 constituencies, 187 (including 5 electoral districts for religious minorities) hold direct election while the six others hold indirect elections. These six were :

  1. Mehran (Ilam & Mehran constituency) - Ilam Province
  2. Dehloran (Dehloran & Darreh Shahr constituency) - Ilam Province
  3. Abadeh (Abadeh constituency) - Fars Province
  4. Susangerd (Dasht-e-Azadegan constituency) - Khuzestan Province
  5. Khorramshahr (Khorramshahr constituency) - Khuzestan Province
  6. Qasr-e-Shirin (Qasr-e-Shirin & Sarpol-e-Zahab constituency) - Kermanshah Province

Results

130 seats were elected in second round.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Islamic Republican Party130+45
Independents1400
Invalid/blank votes
Total15,815,9861002700
Registered voters/turnout24,300,00065.1
Source: Nohlen et al.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani remained in his position as Speaker of Majlis

By-elections

For second period of Majlis, five by-elections were held.

See also

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Nohlen et al., p69
  3. Book: Houchang E. Chehabi. Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. 296. 1990. 1850431981.