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2013 Iranian local elections

Field	Value
election_name	2013 Iranian local elections
country	Iran
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2006 Iranian City and Village Councils elections
previous_year	2006
next_election	2017 Iranian local elections
next_year	2017
election_date	14 June 2013
1blank	Provincial capitals
alliance1	Principlists
1data1
swing1	10≈31 pp
alliance2	Reformists
1data2
swing2	0≈10 pp

The Iranian local elections took place on 14 June 2013 to elected members of the fourth council of the City and Village Councils of Iran. This election was held by a general election with the presidential election. The original date of the election was in June 2010 but Parliament of Iran voted to increase age of the councils from 4 to 7 years. The councils began their work one month after the election to elect the new mayors.

Background

The city and village councils are local establishments that are elected by public vote in all cities and villages across the country. Council members in each city or village are elected for a four-year term. The councils are tasked with helping the Islamic republic's social, economic, cultural and educational advancement by encouraging public participation in social affairs. The city councils also elects city mayors.

Registrations

The registration of candidates was toke place from 15 to 20 April 2013. The Guardian Council was announced the final candidates on 16 May 2013. The candidates that failed to enter the election had a four days timeout for protest.

Members

The councils have 124,700 original members; with the allowance members, it reaches to 207,587 members. This is different from the previous election.

Population	Num. of members
20,000 or less	5 (original) +2 (allowance)
20, 000 to 50,000	7 + 3
50,000 to 100,000	9 + 4
100,000 to 200,000	11 + 5
200,000 to 500,000	13 + 6
50,000 to 1,000,000	15 + 7
1,000,000 to 2,000,000	21 + 8
2,000,000 or more	25 + 10
Tehran	31 + 12

Election summary

Ministry of Interior have announced that election will be held by electoral vote in fourteen provinces. The candidates can began their publicity from 6 June and it will be end 24 hours before the election. According to Interior Minister, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar a number of 352,165 persons have enrollment.

Results

Provincial capitals

Khabar Online published the results of the election in 9 major cities, according to electoral lists. Those who did not count as Principlist or Reformist, were Independents:

City	Principlists	Reformists	Independents
	Tehran
	Mashhad
	Isfahan
	Shiraz
	Karaj
	Qom
	Tabriz
	Arak
	Bushehr
	Total

Fars News Agency also published a detailed report for province capitals, with the results as following:

City	Principlists	Reformists	Independents
	Tehran
	Mashhad
	Tabriz
	Isfahan
	Ahwaz
	Qom
	Shiraz
	Karaj
	Rasht
	Urmia
	Kermanshah
	Arak
	Hamedan
	Kerman
	Gorgan
	Zanjan
	Yazd
	Sari
	Khorramabad
	Sanandaj
	Bandar Abbas
	Ardabil
	Qazvin
	Bojnurd
	Semnan
	Shahrekord
	Bushehr
	Ilam
	Birjand
	Yasuj
	Zahedan
	Total

Highlights

For the first time in Iran, Sepanta Niknam, a Zoroastrian citizen was elected to the city council of Yazd.

In another unprecedented event, Samiyeh Balochzehi, a Baloch Sunni woman was elected as a mayor in Iran, by the council of Kalat in Sistan and Baluchestan province.

References

"the date of the local election have announced".
link. (28 August 2012 Ministry of Interior)
[http://www.khoorna.com/archives/8129 The date of registrations of the 2013 local elections] {{Webarchive. link. (31 July 2013 Khoorna)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130430045425/http://www.118khabar.com/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C/View/1529560.aspx The registrations date will not renewed 118 Khabar]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130427003702/http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/details/210382 The end of the time for 207,587 seats]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130731075307/http://www.iribnews.ir/NewsText.aspx?ID=1803345 Changes at the 2013 elections]
"Electoral voted in 14 provinces".
"از "الف" تا "ی" انتخابات شوراها در یک نگاه | خبر فارسی".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130425045323/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13920202001432 352,166 persons entered to the elections, from 25 to 100 years old]
(July 2013). "سهم گروه‌های سیاسی از چهارمین انتخابات شورای شهر در تهران و ۸ شهر بزرگ". Khabar Online.
"فارس گزارش می دهد اصولگرایان پیروز انتخابات شوراها". Fars News Agency.
(19 April 2017). "Iran’s Guardian Council Tries to Exclude Non-Muslims from Running". Human Rights Watch.
Shima Shahrabi. (21 April 2017). "Religious Minorities Barred from Running in Local Elections". Iran Wire.
(5 December 2013). "Baluch Sunni woman elected mayor is first for Iran". [[Al-Monitor]].

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