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2003 Iranian local elections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | City and Village Councils elections |
| country | Iran |
| ongoing | no |
| type | parliamentary |
| vote_type | Popular |
| election_date | |
| previous_election | Iranian local elections, 1999 |
| previous_year | 1999 |
| next_election | Iranian local elections, 2006 |
| next_year | 2006 |
| seats_for_election | 905 City and 34,205 Village Councils |
| registered | 41,501,783 |
| turnout | 49.96% |
| alliance1 | Principlists |
| alliance2 | Reformists |
Iranian City and Village Councils elections, 2003 took place in February 2003, the second time local elections for city and village councils had taken place since being introduced in 1999, and 905 city and 34,205 village councils were up for election.
By the elections, conservatives made a comeback and won the majority of the seats nationally as a harbinger of the 2004 parliamentary elections, where they won decisively.
The elections demonstrated a voter apathy among the urban citizens, as a result of public disappointment with reformists and constant political infighting which led to the dissolution of the reformist-dominated City Council of Tehran.
There were 20,235,898 votes cast in this election, marking the lowest turnout in 24 years. In Tehran, only 12% of eligible voters participated. Turnout in Isfahan and Mashhad showed similar rates, 12% and 15% respectively.
Disqualifications were minimal and below the 10%, to the extent that the banned Freedom Movement of Iran and Nationalist–Religious activists secured a few candidates as independents.
Campaign
In the early 2000s, main camp of Principlists started lights-off works to take the power from Reformists. They established an umbrella organization for 2003 elections under the name of Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran. Tehran's election campaign of Builders headed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In some Provincial capitals, they used other name such as Āfṭāb () or Sahand () for their election campaigns. Builders decisively won the election in Tehran.
Results
According to Panjereh Weekly, conservatives won 64% of the seats nationwide.
| City | Principlists | Reformists | Independents | Ref | title=Final election results of Islamic city council of Tehran | url=http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1996-2014/2003/03/03/P1.pdf | work=Ettela'at International | issue=2111 | date=3 March 2003 | location=New York City | language=Persian | pages=Page 1 | accessdate=16 June 2017 | issn=1353-8829 | archive-date=1 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901203735/http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1996-2014/2003/03/03/P1.pdf | url-status=dead}} |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran}};" | Tehran | ||||||||||||||||
| Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran}};" | Shiraz |
Turnout
| Province | Turnout | Total | 49% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qom province | 30% | ||
| Isfahan province | 34% | ||
| Yazd province | 42% | ||
| Sistan and Baluchestan province | 68% | ||
| Fars province | 46% | ||
| East Azerbaijan province | 46% | ||
| West Azerbaijan province | 61% | ||
| Tehran province | 23% | ||
| Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province | 62% | ||
| Ilam province | 66% | ||
| Khorasan province | 54% | ||
| Zanjan province | 62% | ||
| Kerman province | 60% | ||
| Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province | 69% | ||
| Golestan province | 62% | ||
| Hormozgan province | 66% | ||
| Mazandaran province | 66% |
References
References
- "2003 Municipal Councils Election". Princeton University.
- (2007). "Iran and the Rise of Its Neoconservatives: The Politics of Tehran's Silent Revolution". I.B.Tauris.
- (2017). "Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective". Oxford University Press.
- (28 February 2003). "Iran elections 'can heal wounds'". CNN.
- Ray Takeyh. (6 March 2003). "Iran's Municipal Elections: A Turning Point for the Reform Movement?". The Washington Institute.
- Nigel Parsons. (November 2010). "Electoral Politics in Iran: Rules of the Arena, Popular Participation, and the Limits of Elastic in the Islamic Republic". The Middle East Institute.
- (2013). "Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic". Oxford University Press.
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- (6 November 2010). "Brief look to performance of Principlism". Jahan News.
- (3 March 2003). "Final election results of Islamic city council of Tehran". [[Ettela'at.
- (18 May 2017). "Election results of city council of Shiraz".
- (1 March 2003). ""Aftab" is leading in Shiraz".
- (5 March 2003). "Tehran, the lowest turnout". Hamshahri.
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