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2020 Iranian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Iran on 21 February 2020, four years after the previous legislative election in 2016. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the second round, to elect eleven seats, was postponed until 11 September 2020. Can ...

Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis ( fa, تهران، ری، شمیرانات، اسلامشهر و پردیس) is a constituency for the Parliament of Iran encompassing the metropolitan area of Tehran and some of its satellite citie ...

electoral district. In the election, all 30 seats were decided in the first round and went to the unity list jointly endorsed by the

Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces ( fa, شورای ائتلاف نیروهای انقلاب اسلامی) is a conservative coalition of parties that endorsed a joint electoral list for 2020 Iranian legislative election. Reuters des ...

and the

Front of Islamic Revolution Stability Front of Islamic Revolution Stability ( fa, جبههٔ پایداری انقلاب اسلامی, Jebha-ye pāydārī-e enqelāb-e eslāmī, also translated Persevering Front, Endurance Front and Steadfast Front) is an Iranian principlist politica ...

Turnout

The election was noted being held two days after acknowledgement of COVID-19 spread in Iran, as well as for its low turnout, which was the lowest nationwide amidst the lowest national turnout for decades. The turnout was interpreted as a possible sign of

apathy Apathy is a lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern about something. It is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation, or passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of intere ...

and widespread dissatisfaction with the establishment. Official turnout in the constituency was put at 25.4% by the interior minister

Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli ( fa, عبدالرضا رحمانی فضلی; born 1959) is an Iranian Iranian Principlists, conservative politician and Ministry of Interior (Iran), interior minister of Hassan Rouhani's Government of Hassan Rouhani (201 ...

, who was quoted by the AP as saying "we believe that the number of votes and the turnout is absolutely acceptable".

Ali Motahari Ali Motahhari ( fa, علی مطهری; born 26 January 1958) is an Iranian politician who is known as a conservative and is also named as a sort of conservative reformist, who represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district ...

, an outgoing MP for the constituency, expressed his regret that only 18% of eligible voters in the city of Tehran had showed up at the polling place, of whom 8% had cast spoilt ballots.

Results

Notes and references

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