Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis explained

Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis
Parl Name:	Islamic Consultative Assembly
District Label:	Province
District:	Tehran
Region Label:	County
Region:	Tehran Rey Shemiranat Eslamshahr Pardis
Seats:	30

Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis^[1] (Persian: تهران، ری، شمیرانات، اسلامشهر و پردیس) is a constituency for the Parliament of Iran encompassing the metropolitan area of Tehran and some of its satellite cities.

It has 30 seats, the most among all constituencies nationwide^[1] and plays an outsized role in shaping politics nationally, having been described as a "bellwether for elite sentiment in Iran". The constituency's seats have been the most prestigious in the country because it includes the country's capital city, and has had lively press and voters.

Current MPs

	Name	Faction	Party
1	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	Conservative	Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran
2	Mostafa Mir-Salim	Conservative	Islamic Coalition Party
3	Morteza Aghatehrani	Conservative	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
4	Elias Naderan	Conservative	Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
5	Mohsen Dehnavai	Conservative
6	Mahmoud Nabavian	Conservative	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
7	Ehsan Khandouzi	Conservative
8	Eghbal Shakeri	Conservative
9	Abolfazl Amouyi	Conservative
10	Bijan Nobaveh-Vatan	Conservative	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
11	Mojtaba Tavangar	Conservative	Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran
12	Mohsen Pirhadi	Conservative	Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran
13	Rouhollah Izadkhah	Conservative
14	Ahmad Naderi	Conservative
15	Abdolhossein Rouhalamini	Conservative	Development and Justice Party
16	Nezameddin Mousavi	Conservative
17	Zohreh Elahian	Conservative	Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
18	Malek Shariati	Conservative	Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
19	Mehdi Sharifian	Conservative
20	Reza Taghavi	Conservative	Combatant Clergy Association
21	Somayeh Rafiei	Conservative
22	Ali Yazdikhah	Conservative	Islamic Coalition Party
23	Ali Khezrian	Conservative	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
24	Reza Taghipour	Conservative	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
25	Fatemeh Ghasempour	Conservative	Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
26	Mojtaba Rezakhah	Conservative
27	Zohreh Lajevardi	Conservative	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
28	Gholamhossein Rezvani	Conservative	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
29	Ezzatollah Akbari Talarposhti	Conservative
30	Esmaeil Kousari	Conservative	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability

Elections

Since 1980

1st term

See main article: Iranian legislative election, 1980 (Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat).

5th term

See main article: Iranian legislative election, 1996 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr).

6th term

See main article: Iranian legislative election, 2000 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr).

See also: 2001 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr by-election.

7th term

See main article: Iranian legislative election, 2004 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr).

See also: 2006 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr by-election.

8th term

See main article: Iranian legislative election, 2008 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr).

9th term

See main article: Iranian legislative election, 2012 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr).

10th term

See main article: Iranian legislative election, 2016 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr).

11th term

See main article: Iranian legislative election, 2020 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr).

See also: 2021 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis by-election.

Notes and References

1. Book: Mehrzad. Boroujerdi. Kourosh. Rahimkhani. Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. 9780815654322. 2018. 173.