Iran's recent parliamentary elections, marking 45 years since the founding of the Islamic Republic, have underscored a significant political shift, with hardliners, particularly younger ones critical of current conservative leadership like Qalibaf, securing a major victory amid a record-low voter turnout. Qalibaf only managed to come in fourth in Tehran, with 19 out of 30 Tehran MPs being from hardliner lists opposed to him. The national voter turnout was historically low, estimated at around 40%, with Tehran's turnout even lower at 11%. Ahmad Khomeini, reflecting on the lack of enthusiasm among his peers, highlighted the diminished hope for change through the elections. Additionally, the elections were followed by the death of Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani, a 92-year-old member of Iran's Assembly of Experts, due to heart failure. Sadegh Amoli Larijani, a potential successor to Iran's Supreme Leader, failed to secure re-election to the Assembly of Experts. The elections also saw a significant number of invalid votes, with 276,658 invalid votes in Tehran, including 204,682 blank votes. Mahmoud Nabavian, the front-runner in Tehran, secured only 342,000 votes despite there being over 10 million eligible voters, indicating a substantial number of invalid or blank votes.
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276,658 "invalid" votes including 204,682 blank votes were cast in Tehran during the Friday elections, Iranian conservative newspaper @farhikhteonline reported. 57,754 voters had written the names of people other than the candidates, and over 14,000 ballots were illegible. https://t.co/MWRQ9wJlbH
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Invalid and blank votes in Iran's elections are turning into a permanent phenomenon and a fiasco for the regime. While the invalid votes came second (13%) after Raisi in 2021 elections, there are reports of 30% invalid votes in 2024 parliamentary election. https://t.co/bq8q9T6Si3 https://t.co/eP6OfU5y3D
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Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei recently argued that voting was an act of resistance against the Islamic Republic's enemies. Yet turnout in this week's election was 27 percent, even after authorities extended voting for an additional two hours. https://t.co/OdEfXyMRTB
Iran’s hard-liners are leading in an initial vote count in the capital Tehran, state media reported Sunday, following a record-low turnout in a parliamentary election. https://t.co/Z6Rkyq9j1J
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A potential runoff election may be held in Tehran, the provincial election chief suggests, as results from 3,500 out of 5,000 polling stations in Tehran show Mahmoud Nabavian securing only 342,000 votes as the front-runner, despite over 10 million eligible voters. An ILNA…
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Iran held parliamentary elections on Friday, but despite officials’ last-minute attempts to increase turnout with pleas on social media and roses at polling stations, many people stayed away from the ballot in an act of protest against the government. https://t.co/J5XaoonZx3
"A list of leading candidates shows the frontrunner in Tehran has only received 120,000 votes, slightly more than 2% of the total votes. This can imply that either much less than 24% voted, or a large number of the electorate chose to cast invalid votes." https://t.co/c460wmrBjx
Mohammad Emami-Kashani, a senior Iranian Ayatollah, one of the Friday prayer leaders of Tehran, and a member of the Assembly of Experts, has died of heart failure at the age of 92. He had been approved to run for re-election in the Friday votes but withdrew his candidacy. https://t.co/P5l0TszLwR
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Sadegh Amoli Larijani, the head of Iran's Expediency Council who once was one of the possible candidates for succeeding Ali Khamenei as Iran's Supreme Leader has failed to win re-election as member of Assembly of Experts, the body that chooses Iran's next Supreme Leader. https://t.co/KOx1GZYTNm
Iranian newspaper @Hammihanonline which had chosen the headline "The Silent Majority" for its Saturday frontpage article on the low turnout in Iran's Friday elections, was reportedly forced to change it to "Roll Call". https://t.co/CEdh8RPYqi
Sadegh Amoli Larijani, the head of Iran's Expediency Council who once was one of the candidates for succeeding Ali Khamenei as Iran's Supreme Leader has failed to win re-election in the elections for Assembly of Experts, the body that chooses Iran's next Supreme Leader. https://t.co/fQNhbfhz8t
Ahmad Khomeini whose great grandfather founded the Islamic Republic 45 years ago, told reporters after casting his ballot that he saw "no passion" or "hope for change through election" among his friends or people his age. He said the low turnout in the Friday elections is because…
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Without any reference to the record-low turnout in elections, Iran's IRGC in a Saturday statement said, "The powerful participation of the Iranian nation in the historic Friday (election day) was a decisive and big NO to the enemies of the Islamic Republic."
The parliamentary candidate leading in Tehran - where less than a quarter of the electorate voted - is Seyyed Mahmoud Naboyan. He called participants in last year's protests following Mehsa Amini's death in police custody as "lusty people who seek prostitution and lewdness in…
Big victory for mostly younger hardliners critical of the current conservative leadership of Qalibaf in Majlis in Iran amidst historically low turnout in elections. Qalibaf only came in fourth in Tehran and out of 30 Tehran MPs, 19 are from hardliner lists opposed to Qalibaf
An outgoing Iranian lawmaker said on Saturday that major violations have affected the results of the parliamentary elections held on Friday. https://t.co/P9JXWHYZ3a
The Islamic Republic's claim that over 40% of eligible voters cast their ballots in the Friday elections seems dubious as three pre-election surveys indicated national participation rates of 35% or less. https://t.co/7ds9mvvumQ
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Two winners from Iran's elections: Hardliners and security crackdown, Al-Monitor’s Correspondent in Tehran reports https://t.co/A9vXGBn4tF
Two winners from Iran's elections: Hardliners and security crackdown https://t.co/A9vXGBn4tF
In Iran's parliamentary election, the only meaningful choice was not to vote at all: "In the capital, Tehran, the turnout was estimated at 11%... and across the country, turnout was around 40%, even with polls extending their opening hours." https://t.co/v6nt8fw2LF
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