Country Profile:

Iran

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: Leader of the Islamic Revoluti Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- KHAMENEI *
  • Head of Government: President Mahmud AHMADINEJAD **
  • Assembly: Iran has a unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami) with 290 seats.

* The Leader of the Islamic Revolution is appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts.

** The electoral system is two-round.

Description of electoral system:

  • The Leader of the Islamic Revoluti is appointed N/A.
  • President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 4-year term.
  • In the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami), 285 members are elected by direct vote to serve 4-year terms and 5 members are ex officio .***

*** There are 196 single- and multi-member constituencies. The threshold in a single-member district is one-third of votes. The threshold in a multi-member district is one-third of overall voters. The electoral system is two-round.

Population:

  • Population: 66,429,284 (July 2009 est)

Past elections

  • Presidential - June 12, 2009
  • Parliamentary
    Third Round - April 25, 2008
  • Parliamentary
    Second Round - April 25, 2008
  • Parliamentary
    First Round - March 14, 2008
  • Presidential
    Second Round - June 24, 2005
  • Presidential
    First Round - June 17, 2005
  • Parliamentary
    Second Round - May 7, 2004
  • Parliamentary
    First Round - February 20, 2004
  • Presidential - June 8, 2001
  • Parliamentary - February 18, 2000
  • Parliamentary - October 23, 1998

Last Updated on 02/04/2010