Parliamentary elections were held in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

on 15 April 1984, with a second round on 17 May. The majority of seats were won by independents, whilst the

Islamic Republican Party The Islamic Republican Party (IRP; fa, حزب جمهوری اسلامی, Ḥezb-e Jomhūrī-e Eslāmī, also translated Islamic Republic Party) formed in 1979 to assist the Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini establish theocracy in Iran. ...

was the only party to win seats. Voter turnout was 65.1% in the first round. The

Freedom Movement of Iran The Freedom Movement of Iran (FMI) or Liberation Movement of Iran (LMI; fa, نهضت آزادی ايران, Nahżat-e āzādi-e Irān) is an Iranian pro-democracy political organization founded in 1961, by members describing themselves as "Muslim ...

declared that it would

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the elections after its headquarters was attacked and the authorities refused to permit the party to hold two seminars.

Background

The election was held under conditions of severe sanctions on politic and economical sector as well as war with Iraq's Baathist government ( Iran-Iraq War). This election was also first time since 1979 revolution which only one political party were allowed to participated (as other political parties were banned & even dissolved before this election).

Conduct

The election was held under conditions of war with Iraq's Baathist government ( Iran-Iraq War), caused many cities in border with Iraq were severely destroyed (or could not hold direct election). Therefore. this election was conducted with two ways : # Direct national election (for areas that were not heavily affected by war and also for religious minorities seats) # Indirect national election (for areas that were heavily affected by war -mainly in border with Iraq-) Out of 193 constituencies, 187 (including 5 electoral districts for religious minorities ) hold direct election while the six others hold indirect elections. These six were : # Mehran (Ilam & Mehran constituency) - Ilam Province # Dehloran (Dehloran & Darreh Shahr constituency) - Ilam Province # Abadeh (Abadeh constituency) - Fars Province # Susangerd (Dasht-e-Azadegan constituency) -

Khuzestan Province Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers ...

# Khorramshahr (Khorramshahr constituency) -

# Qasr-e-Shirin (Qasr-e-Shirin & Sarpol-e-Zahab constituency) - Kermanshah Province

Results

130 seats were elected in second round.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islami ...

remained in his position as Speaker of Majlis

By-elections

For second period of Majlis, five by-elections were held. It was held on : * 8 August 1984 * 14 September 1984 * 26 October 1984 * 1 August 1986 * 23 August 1986

References

{{Iranian elections 1984 elections in Iran Islamic Consultative Assembly elections One-party elections

Background

Conduct

Results

By-elections

See also

References