Islamic City Council of Tehran election, 2006

15 December 2006
15 City Council seats 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47%[1]
Alliance Conservatives Reformists Seats won 10 / 15 4 / 15 Seat change 4 4
Chairman before election Mehdi Chamran Conservative Elected Chairman Mehdi Chamran Conservative

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]

Results

#	Candidate	Electoral list				Votes	%
		FLIL	GCP	PSS	RC
↓ 15 Sitting Members ↓
1	Mehdi Chamran	Y	Y			603,766	36.45
2	Morteza Talaie	Y	Y			539,761	32.58
3	Rasoul Khadem		Y			427,097	25.78
4	Abbas Sheibani	Y	Y			394,457	23.81
5	Hadi Saei				Y	384,358	23.20
6	Hamzeh Shakib	Y	Y	Y		330,233	19.93
7	Alireza Dabir					306,729	18.52
8	Parvin Ahmadinejad			Y		242,501	14.64
9	Masoumeh Ebtekar				Y	232,959	14.06
10	Ahmad Masjed-Jamei				Y	216,015	13.04
11	Mohammad Ali Najafi				Y	202,700	12.24
12	Masoumeh Abad	Y	Y			201,754	12.18
13	Hassan Bayadi		Y			200,397	12.10
14	Khosrow Daneshjoo	Y		Y		200,175	12.08
15	Habib Kashani		Y			197,284	11.91
↓ Alternative Members ↓
16	Abdolmoghim Nasehi	Y	Y			195,839	11.83
17	Hassan Ziari	Y		Y		188,226	11.36
18	Mahmoud Khosravivafa		Y			173,321	10.46
19	Amir-Ali Amiri		Y			160,934	9.71
20	Bahman Adibzadeh		Y			158,626	9.57
21	Mohsen Vafamehr		Y			154,877	9.34
↓ Defeated Candidates ↓
22	Abbas Masjedi-Arani	Y		Y		153,066	9.24
23	Mehrdad Bazrpash			Y		150,088	9.06
24	Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani			Y		148,505	8.96
25	Masoud Zaribafan			Y		147,657	8.91
Total Votes						1,656,558	100
Source: BBC / Iran

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