Elections in Iran

Iran elects on a national level a head of government (the president), a legislature (the Majlis), and an "Assembly of Experts" (which elects the Supreme Leader). City and Village Council elections are also held every four years throughout the entire country. The president is elected for a four-year term by the citizens. The Parliament or Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis-e Shura-ye Eslami) currently has 290 members, also elected for a four-year term in multi- and single-seat constituencies. Elections for the Assembly of Experts are held every eight years. All candidates have to be approved by the Guardian Council. See Politics of Iran for more details.

Until January 2007, when it was raised to 18, the voting age was 15 years, the lowest globally at the time.^[1]

The most recent Iranian presidential election was held on 28 June 2024 and the most recent legislative election on 1 March 2024.

• Censorship in Iran
• Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa#Iran
• Iran Electoral Archive
• List of political parties in Iran#Opposition parties active in exile

Election Data Archives

• The Outcome of Iran’s Parliamentary Elections
• Iran Data Portal, Princeton University
• Iran Electoral Archive, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
• Results of parliamentary elections, Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive

other

• 2009 Iranian elections page on BBC Persian
• BBC Persian on Iran presidential elections
• Video Archive of Iranian Elections