2003 Tehran City Council election

An election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 28 February 2003, along with the local elections nationwide.

2006 Islamic City Council of Tehran election

28 February 2003
15 City Council seats 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	12%[1]
Alliance Principlists Reformists Last election 0 15 Seats before 0 15 Seats won 15 0 Seat change 15 15 Percentage 100% 0% Electoral list Alliance of Builders Freethinkers'[2] Multiple   Third party Fourth party   Party Nationalist-Religious Freedom Movement Last election Did not contest Did not contest Seats before 0 0 Seats won 0 0 Seat change Percentage 0% 0%
Chairman before election Vacant Elected Chairman Mehdi Chamran Principlist

The results showed a victory for the conservative Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, that gained 14 out of 15 seats, and massive defeat for all of the Reformist groupings, as well as Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran and Freedom Movement of Iran who failed to gain a single seat.

Results

#	Candidate	Affiliation		Votes[3]	%
↓ Sitting Members ↓
1	Mehdi Chamran		Alliance of Builders	192,716	36.57
2	Abbas Sheybani		Alliance of Builders	178,351	33.84
3	Nader Shariatmadari		Alliance of Builders	104,147	19.76
4	Hassan Bayadi		Alliance of Builders	103,150	19.57
5	Hassan Ziari		Alliance of Builders	100,454	19.06
6	Habib Kashani		Alliance of Builders	99,013	18.78
7	Mahmoud Khosravi-Vafa		Alliance of Builders	98,390	18.67
8	Hamzeh Shakib		Alliance of Builders	98,313	18.65
9	Khosro Daneshjou		Alliance of Builders	98,291	18.65
10	Masoud Zaribafan		Alliance of Builders	95,971	18.21
11	Rasoul Khadem		Freethinkers'	92,606	17.57
12	Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani		Alliance of Builders	90,832	17.24
13	Nasrin Soltankhah		Alliance of Builders	90,029	17.08
14	Manzar Khayyer-Habibollahi		Alliance of Builders	87,690	16.64
15	Mahnoush Motamedi-Azar		Alliance of Builders	85,839	16.29
↓ Alternate Members ↓
16	Mostafa Tajzadeh		Reformist	66,196	12.56
17	Mohammad-Mehdi Mazaheri-Tehrani		Alliance of Builders	54,616	10.36
18	Abolghassem Ashouri		Reformist	51,492	9.77
19	Ebrahim Asgharzadeh		Reformist	45,519	8.36
20	Mehdi Ghasemi-Kajani		Reformist	41,844	7.94
21	Alireza Rajaei		Nationalist–Religious	36,078	6.84
↓ Defeated ↓
22	Gholamreza Ghobbeh		Reformist	35,998	6.83
23	Abolfazl Bazargan		Freedom Movement	34,642	6.57
24	Fariba Davoudi-Mohajer		Reformist	32,867	6.24
25	Mohammadreza Behzadian		Reformist	32,229	6.11
26	Ali Fathollahzadeh		Independent	31,633	6.00
27	Latif Safari		Reformist	29,960	5.68
28	Seyyed Mansour Razavi		Reformist	28,588	5.42
29	Amir Abedini		Independent	27,782	5.27
30	Gholam-Abbas Tavassoli		Freedom Movement	26,226	4.98
31	Tahereh Taleghani		Nationalist–Religious	23,597	4.48
32	Hamid Majedi		Reformist	23,058	4.37
33	Hossein Zaman		Reformist	22,156	4.20
34	Mohammad Tavasoli		Freedom Movement	21,922	4.16
35	Mojtaba Badi'i		Reformist	21,689	4.11
36	Mahmoud Alizadeh-Tabatabaei		Reformist	20,981	3.98
37	Tahereh Taherian		Reformist	20,871	3.96
38	Mohammad-Hossein Doroudian		Reformist	19,933	3.78
39	Kamal Aziminia		Reformist	19,532	3.71
40	Saeed Razavi-Faqih		Nationalist–Religious	19,149	3.63
41	Elaheh Rastgou		Reformist	19,015	3.61
42	Mohammad-Hossein Baniasadi		Freedom Movement	18,781	3.56
43	Davoud Asgari		Reformist	18,474	3.51
44	Ahmad Hakimipour		Reformist	18,272	3.47
45	Ahmad Mousazadeh		Reformist	17,645	3.35
46	Leila Liaghat		Nationalist–Religious	16,926	3.21
47	Mostafa Izadi		Nationalist–Religious	16,784	3.18
48	Hossein Farid-Alam		Freedom Movement	16,620	3.15
49	Hengameh Shahidi		Reformist	17,584	3.34
50	Morteza Lotfi		Reformist	16,082	3.05
51	Mohammad-Javad Mozaffar		Nationalist–Religious	15,943	3.03
53	Seyyed Amir Mansouri		Reformist	15,809	3.00
53	Nahid Jalali		Reformist	15,751	2.99
54	Majid Shafipour-Motlagh		Reformist	15,438	2.93
55	Nastaran Nassiri		Reformist	14,846	2.82
56	Omid Memarian		Reformist	14,680	2.79
57	Mir Ali-Asghar Negarandeh		Reformist	14,037	2.66
58	Majid Masteri-Farahani		Reformist	13,725	2.60
59	Hamzeh Karami		Reformist	13,664	2.59
60	Mahmoud Amanpour-Gharaei		Reformist	13,257	2.52
61	Mohsen Saberi-Qomi		Reformist	12,735	2.42
62	Khosrow Mansourian		Freedom Movement	12,719	2.41
63	Shahram Salmasi-Javid		Independent	12,608	2.39
64	Seyyed Taghi Nourbakhsh		Reformist	12,095	2.30
65	Mohammad-Mehdi Sazegara		Reformist	10,590	2.01
66	Issa Saharkhiz		Reformist	10,445	1.98
67	Mohsen Sorkhou		Reformist	9,489	1.80
68	Amir Khorram		Freedom Movement	9,239	1.75
69	Rahmatollah Khosravi		Reformist	8,842	1.68
70	Majid Hakimi		Freedom Movement	8,491	1.61
Valid Votes				526,972
Total Votes				562,522

References

1. Ehteshami, Anoushiravan; Zweiri, Mahjoob (2007), Iran and the Rise of Its Neoconservatives: The Politics of Tehran's Silent Revolution, I.B.Tauris, pp. 35–37, ISBN 0857713671
2. Rooh, Mohammad-Javad (8 March 2003). "Farewell to the Ballot Box (3): Unknown winners". Hamshahri (in Persian). 11 (3000).
3. "Final election results of Islamic city council of Tehran" (PDF). Ettela'at International (Resumed) (in Persian) (2111). New York City. 3 March 2003. pp. Page 1, 3–4. ISSN 1353-8829. Retrieved 16 June 2017.