List of elections and referendums in Iran

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This is an overview of all elections and referendums held in Iran since the first time in 1906.

List[edit]

Year Date Election Head of state Notes
1906 July Parliament (I) Mozaffareddin Shah Revolution
1907 — Mohammad Ali Shah —
1908 Coup d'état
1909 ? Parliament (II) Ahmad Shah Civil War
1910 — —
1911 Russian Occupation
1912
1913
1914 ? Parliament (III) World War I
British/Russian/Ottoman Occupation
1915 —
1916
1917
1918
1919 —
1920
1921 ? Parliament (IV) Coup d'état
1922 — —
1923 November Parliament (V)[a]
1924 —
1925 ? Constituent Assembly (I) New dynasty established
1926 ?–27 June Parliament (VI)[a] Reza Shah —
1927 —
1928 ? Parliament (VII)[b]
1929 —
1930 ? Parliament (VIII)[b]
1931 —
1932 ? Parliament (IX)[b]
1933 —
1934
1935 ? Parliament (X)[b]
1936 —
1937 ? Parliament (XI)[b]
1938 —
1939 ? Parliament (XII)[b]
1940 —
1941 ? Parliament (XIII)[b] Mohammad Reza Shah World War II
British/Soviet Occupation
1942 —
1943 November–February Parliament (XIV)
1944 —
1945 —
1946
1947 January–? Parliament (XV)[c]
1948 —
1949 ? Constituent Assembly (II)[c]
August–? Senate (I)
1950 ? Parliament (XVI)[a]
1951 —
1952 ? Parliament (XVII)[d]
1953 3–10 August Referendum (I) Coup d'état
1954 ? Parliament (XVIII)[c] —
Senate (II)[c]
1955 —
1956 ? Parliament (XIX)
1957 —
1958
1959
1960 ? Senate (III)
30 July–20 August Parliament (XX)[c][e]
1961 ? Parliament (XX)
1962 —
1963 26 January Referendum (II)
17 September Parliament (XXI)
Senate (IV)
1964 —
1965
1966
1967 4 August Parliament (XXII)
Senate (V)
Constituent Assembly (III)
1968 —
1969
1970
1971 9 July Parliament (XXIII)
Senate (VI)
1972 —
1973
1974
1975 20 June Parliament (XXIV)
Senate (VII)
1976 —
1977
1978
1979 30–31 March Referendum (III) Ruhollah Khomeini Revolution
3 August Constituent Assembly (IV)
2–3 December Referendum (IV)
1980 25 January President (I) War
14 March/9 May Parliament (XXV)
1981 24 July President (II)
2 October President (III)
1982 10 December Assembly of Experts (I)
1983 —
1984 15 April/17 May Parliament (XXVI)
1985 16 August President (IV)
1986 —
1987
1988 8 April/13 May Parliament (XXVII)
1989 28 July President (V) Ali Khamenei —
Referendum (V)
1990 8 October Assembly of Experts (II)
1991 —
1992 10 April/8 May Parliament (XXVIII)
1993 11 June President (VI)
1994 —
1995
1996 8 March/19 April Parliament (XXIX)
1997 23 May President (VII)
1998 23 October Assembly of Experts (III)
1999 26 February Local (I)
2000 18 February/5 May Parliament (XXX)
2001 8 June President (VIII)
2002 —
2003 28 February Local (II)
2004 20 February/7 May Parliament (XXXI)
2005 17/24 June President (IX)
2006 15 December Assembly of Experts (IV)
Local (III)
2007 —
2008 14 March/25 April Parliament (XXXII)
2009 12 June President (X)[f]
2010 —
2011
2012 2 March/4 May Parliament (XXXIII)
2013 14 June President (XI)
Local (IV)
2014 —
2015
2016 26 February/29 April Assembly of Experts (V)
Parliament (XXXIV)
2017 19 May President (XII)
Local (V)
Scheduled Future Elections
2020 TBD Parliament (XXXV) —
2021 TBD President (XIII)
Local (VI)

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Rigged in the shahrestans[1]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Vast fraud nationwide by the court and military[1]
  3. ^ a b c d e Fraudulent[1]
  4. ^ Election suspended[1]
  5. ^ Results annulled[1]
  6. ^ Protests escalated for alleged manipulation

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e (Azimi 2011)
  • Azimi, Fakhreddin (December 13, 2011) [December 15, 1998], "ELECTIONS i. UNDER THE QAJAR AND PAHLAVI MONARCHIES, 1906-79. ii. Under the Islamic republic, 1979-92", in Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.), Encyclopædia Iranica, 4, vol. VIII, New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press, pp. 345–355, retrieved March 15, 2016
  • Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001), "Iran", Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook, vol. I, Oxford University Press, pp. 57–83, ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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