Tehran,_Rey,_Shemiranat_and_Eslamshahr_(electoral_district)

Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis

Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis

Constituency of the Iranian parliament

Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis[1] (Persian: 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 cities.

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It has 30 seats, the most among all constituencies nationwide[1] and plays an outsized role in shaping politics nationally, having been described as a "bellwether for elite sentiment in Iran".[2] The constituency's seats have been the most prestigious in the country because it includes the country's capital city, and has had lively press and voters.[3]

Current MPs

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Elections

Since 1980

1st term

Main article: Iranian legislative election, 1980 (Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat)

2nd term

3rd term

4th term

5th term

Main article: Iranian legislative election, 1996 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)

6th term

Main article: Iranian legislative election, 2000 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)
See also: 2001 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr by-election

7th term

Main article: Iranian legislative election, 2004 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)
See also: 2006 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr by-election

8th term

Main article: Iranian legislative election, 2008 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)

9th term

Main article: Iranian legislative election, 2012 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)

10th term

Main article: Iranian legislative election, 2016 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)

11th term

Main article: Iranian legislative election, 2020 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)
See also: 2021 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis by-election

References

  1. [1]
    Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780815654322.
  2. [2]
    Mohseni, Payam (December 2016), "The 2016 Iranian Parliamentary ElectionsAnd the Future of Domestic Politics under the JCPOA" (PDF), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Report), Harvard Kennedy School, p. 38
  3. [3]
    Abrahamian, Ervand (2013), The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.–Iranian relations, New York: New Press, The, p. 32, ISBN 978-1-59558-826-5
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