The Iranian local elections took place on 14 June 2013 to elected members of the fourth council of the

City and Village Councils of Iran The Islamic Councils ( fa, شوراهای اسلامی), formerly known as the Provincial Societies ( fa, انجمن‌های ایالتی و ولایتی, anjoman-ha-ye ayalati va velayati) are local councils which are elected by public vote in a ...

. This election was held by a general election with the

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. The original date of the election was in June 2010 but

Parliament of Iran The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Pa ...

voted to increase age of the councils from 4 to 7 years. The councils began their work one month after the election to elect the new mayors.

Background

The city and village councils are local establishments that are elected by public vote in all cities and villages across the country. Council members in each city or village are elected for a four-year term. The councils are tasked with helping the

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's social, economic, cultural and educational advancement by encouraging public participation in social affairs. The city councils also elects city mayors.

Registrations

The registration of candidates was toke place from 15 to 20 April 2013. The

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was announced the final candidates on 16 May 2013. The candidates that failed to enter to the election had a four days timeout for protest.

Members

The councils have 124,700 original members; with the allowance members, it reaches to 207,587 members. This is different from the previous election.

Election summary

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have announced that election will be held by electoral vote in fourteen provinces. The candidates can began their publicity from 6 June and it will be end 24 hours before the election. According to Interior Minister, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar a number of 352,165 persons have enrollment.

Results

Provincial capitals

''Khabar Online'' published the results of the election in 9 major cities, according to

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s. Those who did not count as Principlist or

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, were Independents: ''

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'' also published a detailed report for province capitals, with the results as following:

Highlights

For the first time in Iran,

Sepanta Niknam Sepanta Niknam ( fa, سپنتا نیکنام) is an Iranian politician who serves as a councillor in Yazd since 2013. He is the first and only Zoroastrian to have served as councillor in the city, and the only non-Muslim in the city councils of I ...

, a

Zoroastrian Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic on ...

citizen was elected to the city council of

Yazd Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Worl ...

. In another unprecedented event, Samiyeh Balochzehi, a Baloch

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woman was elected as a mayor in Iran, by the council of Kalat in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

References

External links

Iran Electoral Archive
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