2024 Iranian legislative election

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All 290 seats to the Islamic Consultative Assembly 146 seats are needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani Party Coalition Council Unity Council [fa] Alliance Principlists Principlists
Speaker of the Consultative Assembly before election Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Coalition Council Elected Speaker of the Consultative Assembly TBD

Legislative elections are scheduled to take place in Iran on 1 March 2024, four years after the previous election in 2020.^[1] In a first because of a law that was passed in 2023 it had a preregister.^[2]

Electoral system

The 290-seat Islamic Consultative Assembly consists of 285 directly elected members and five seats reserved for the Zoroastrians, Jews, Assyrian and Chaldean Christians and Armenians (one for Armenians in the north of Iran and one for Armenians in the south).^[3] The 285 directly elected seats were elected from 196 single and multi-member constituencies. In single-member constituencies candidates had to receive at least 25% of the vote in the first round to be elected; in cases where no candidate passed the threshold, a second round is held between the top two candidates. In multi-member constituencies, voters cast as many votes as there are seats available; if not all seats are filled by candidates with at least 25% of the vote, a second round is held with twice the number of candidates as there are seats to be filled (or all the original candidates if there are fewer than double the number of seats).^[3]

Qualifications

As with the previous election, in order to qualify, in accordance with Iranian laws, a candidate must:^[3]

• Be an Iranian citizen;
• Be a supporter of the Islamic Republic, pledging loyalty to constitution;
• Be a practicing Muslim (unless running to represent one of the religious minorities in Iran);
• Not have a "notorious reputation;"
• Be in good health, and between the ages of 30 and 75.

A candidate will be disqualified if he/she is found to be mentally impaired, actively supporting the Shah or supporting political parties and organizations deemed illegal or been charged with anti-government activity, converted to another faith or has otherwise renounced the Islamic faith, have been found guilty of corruption, treason, fraud, bribery, is an addict or trafficker or have been found guilty of violating Sharia law.^[3] Also, candidates must be literate; candidates cannot have played a role in the pre-1979 government, be large landowners, drug addicts or have convictions relating to actions against the state or apostasy. Government ministers, members of the Guardian Council and High Judicial Council are banned from running for office, as is the Head of the Administrative Court of Justice, the Head of General Inspection, some civil servants and religious leaders and any member of the armed forces.^[3]

Sanction

Kayhan claimed the Trust party members, Executives of Construction Party and other parties have signed up for the election while some papers and people claimed some parties have abandoned the regime's elections. Islamic Coalition Party in a report invited people to vote.^[4][5]

Campaign

Preregistering was open for 7 days. 48,847 people registered to participate as candidates the election, which broke the record. They are then vetted by Guardian council to run for election.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} 75 percent of candidates are below 50.^[11]

Turnout

Former minister of intelligence claimed that the population may distance themselves from the election due to uprising.^[12]