List of elections and referendums in Iran
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This is an overview of all elections and referendums held in Iran since the first time in 1906.
List[edit]
Year | Date | Election | Head of state | Notes |
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1906 | July | Parliament (I) | Mozaffareddin Shah | Revolution |
1907 | — | Mohammad Ali Shah | — | |
1908 | Coup d'état | |||
1909 | ? | Parliament (II) | Ahmad Shah | Civil War |
1910 | — | — | ||
1911 | Russian Occupation | |||
1912 | ||||
1913 | ||||
1914 | ? | Parliament (III) | World War I British/Russian/Ottoman Occupation | |
1915 | — | |||
1916 | ||||
1917 | ||||
1918 | ||||
1919 | — | |||
1920 | ||||
1921 | ? | Parliament (IV) | Coup d'état | |
1922 | — | — | ||
1923 | November | Parliament (V)[a] | ||
1924 | — | |||
1925 | ? | Constituent Assembly (I) | New dynasty established | |
1926 | ?–27 June | Parliament (VI)[a] | Reza Shah | — |
1927 | — | |||
1928 | ? | Parliament (VII)[b] | ||
1929 | — | |||
1930 | ? | Parliament (VIII)[b] | ||
1931 | — | |||
1932 | ? | Parliament (IX)[b] | ||
1933 | — | |||
1934 | ||||
1935 | ? | Parliament (X)[b] | ||
1936 | — | |||
1937 | ? | Parliament (XI)[b] | ||
1938 | — | |||
1939 | ? | Parliament (XII)[b] | ||
1940 | — | |||
1941 | ? | Parliament (XIII)[b] | Mohammad Reza Shah | World War II British/Soviet Occupation |
1942 | — | |||
1943 | November–February | Parliament (XIV) | ||
1944 | — | |||
1945 | — | |||
1946 | ||||
1947 | January–? | Parliament (XV)[c] | ||
1948 | — | |||
1949 | ? | Constituent Assembly (II)[c] | ||
August–? | Senate (I) | |||
1950 | ? | Parliament (XVI)[a] | ||
1951 | — | |||
1952 | ? | Parliament (XVII)[d] | ||
1953 | 3–10 August | Referendum (I) | Coup d'état | |
1954 | ? | Parliament (XVIII)[c] | — | |
Senate (II)[c] | ||||
1955 | — | |||
1956 | ? | Parliament (XIX) | ||
1957 | — | |||
1958 | ||||
1959 | ||||
1960 | ? | Senate (III) | ||
30 July–20 August | Parliament (XX)[c][e] | |||
1961 | ? | Parliament (XX) | ||
1962 | — | |||
1963 | 26 January | Referendum (II) | ||
17 September | Parliament (XXI) | |||
Senate (IV) | ||||
1964 | — | |||
1965 | ||||
1966 | ||||
1967 | 4 August | Parliament (XXII) | ||
Senate (V) | ||||
Constituent Assembly (III) | ||||
1968 | — | |||
1969 | ||||
1970 | ||||
1971 | 9 July | Parliament (XXIII) | ||
Senate (VI) | ||||
1972 | — | |||
1973 | ||||
1974 | ||||
1975 | 20 June | Parliament (XXIV) | ||
Senate (VII) | ||||
1976 | — | |||
1977 | ||||
1978 | ||||
1979 | 30–31 March | Referendum (III) | Ruhollah Khomeini | Revolution |
3 August | Constituent Assembly (IV) | |||
2–3 December | Referendum (IV) | |||
1980 | 25 January | President (I) | War | |
14 March/9 May | Parliament (XXV) | |||
1981 | 24 July | President (II) | ||
2 October | President (III) | |||
1982 | 10 December | Assembly of Experts (I) | ||
1983 | — | |||
1984 | 15 April/17 May | Parliament (XXVI) | ||
1985 | 16 August | President (IV) | ||
1986 | — | |||
1987 | ||||
1988 | 8 April/13 May | Parliament (XXVII) | ||
1989 | 28 July | President (V) | Ali Khamenei | — |
Referendum (V) | ||||
1990 | 8 October | Assembly of Experts (II) | ||
1991 | — | |||
1992 | 10 April/8 May | Parliament (XXVIII) | ||
1993 | 11 June | President (VI) | ||
1994 | — | |||
1995 | ||||
1996 | 8 March/19 April | Parliament (XXIX) | ||
1997 | 23 May | President (VII) | ||
1998 | 23 October | Assembly of Experts (III) | ||
1999 | 26 February | Local (I) | ||
2000 | 18 February/5 May | Parliament (XXX) | ||
2001 | 8 June | President (VIII) | ||
2002 | — | |||
2003 | 28 February | Local (II) | ||
2004 | 20 February/7 May | Parliament (XXXI) | ||
2005 | 17/24 June | President (IX) | ||
2006 | 15 December | Assembly of Experts (IV) | ||
Local (III) | ||||
2007 | — | |||
2008 | 14 March/25 April | Parliament (XXXII) | ||
2009 | 12 June | President (X)[f] | ||
2010 | — | |||
2011 | ||||
2012 | 2 March/4 May | Parliament (XXXIII) | ||
2013 | 14 June | President (XI) | ||
Local (IV) | ||||
2014 | — | |||
2015 | ||||
2016 | 26 February/29 April | Assembly of Experts (V) | ||
Parliament (XXXIV) | ||||
2017 | 19 May | President (XII) | ||
Local (V) | ||||
Scheduled Future Elections | ||||
2020 | TBD | Parliament (XXXV) | — | |
2021 | TBD | President (XIII) | ||
Local (VI) |
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Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- Azimi, Fakhreddin (December 13, 2011) [December 15, 1998], "ELECTIONS i. UNDER THE QAJAR AND PAHLAVI MONARCHIES, 1906-79. ii. Under the Islamic republic, 1979-92", in Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.), Encyclopædia Iranica, 4, vol. VIII, New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press, pp. 345–355, retrieved March 15, 2016
- Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001), "Iran", Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook, vol. I, Oxford University Press, pp. 57–83, ISBN 0-19-924958-X