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15 City Council seats 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||
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Turnout | 47%[1] | |||||||||
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An election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 15 December 2006, along with the local elections nationwide.
The council is elected by the plurality-at-large voting system. The Principlists gained 10 seats, while the Reformists won 4. Another seat went to Alireza Dabir who ran as an Independent, but was close to then mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.[2]
# | Candidate | Electoral list | Votes | % | ||||
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FLIL | GCP | PSS | RC | |||||
↓ 15 Sitting Members ↓ | ||||||||
1 | Mehdi Chamran | 603,766 | 36.45 | |||||
2 | Morteza Talaie | 539,761 | 32.58 | |||||
3 | Rasoul Khadem | 427,097 | 25.78 | |||||
4 | Abbas Sheibani | 394,457 | 23.81 | |||||
5 | Hadi Saei | 384,358 | 23.20 | |||||
6 | Hamzeh Shakib | 330,233 | 19.93 | |||||
7 | Alireza Dabir | 306,729 | 18.52 | |||||
8 | Parvin Ahmadinejad | 242,501 | 14.64 | |||||
9 | Masoumeh Ebtekar | 232,959 | 14.06 | |||||
10 | Ahmad Masjed-Jamei | 216,015 | 13.04 | |||||
11 | Mohammad Ali Najafi | 202,700 | 12.24 | |||||
12 | Masoumeh Abad | 201,754 | 12.18 | |||||
13 | Hassan Bayadi | 200,397 | 12.10 | |||||
14 | Khosrow Daneshjoo | 200,175 | 12.08 | |||||
15 | Habib Kashani | 197,284 | 11.91 | |||||
↓ Alternative Members ↓ | ||||||||
16 | Abdolmoghim Nasehi | 195,839 | 11.83 | |||||
17 | Hassan Ziari | 188,226 | 11.36 | |||||
18 | Mahmoud Khosravivafa | 173,321 | 10.46 | |||||
19 | Amir-Ali Amiri | 160,934 | 9.71 | |||||
20 | Bahman Adibzadeh | 158,626 | 9.57 | |||||
21 | Mohsen Vafamehr | 154,877 | 9.34 | |||||
↓ Defeated Candidates ↓ | ||||||||
22 | Abbas Masjedi-Arani | 153,066 | 9.24 | |||||
23 | Mehrdad Bazrpash | 150,088 | 9.06 | |||||
24 | Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani | 148,505 | 8.96 | |||||
25 | Masoud Zaribafan | 147,657 | 8.91 | |||||
Total Votes | 1,656,558 | 100 | ||||||
Source: BBC / Iran |