2021 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis by-election

A by-election for the Islamic Consultative Assembly's constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis was held on 18 June 2021, to fill the vacancy caused by death of Fatemeh Rahbar. The voters cast their ballots along with the 2021 Iranian presidential election, the election for the City Council of Tehran, as well as another by-election for the Assembly of Experts.

2021 Tehran by-election

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The vacant seat for Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis
Triggered by death of Fatemeh Rahbar
 
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Candidate Esmaeil Kousari Hamid Rasaei Alireza Mahjoub
Party FIRS FIRS WH
Popular vote 346,645 261,810 98,823
Percentage 19.44% 14.68% 5.54%

Subsequent MP

Esmaeil Kousari

It was won by Esmaeil Kousari, a brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who had recently resigned from his office, and was officially supported by the conservative alliance Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces. Two former MPs for the constituency, conservative Hamid Rasaei and Alireza Mahjoub of the Worker House ended up in the second and third place respectively.

The by-election had a low turnout, and is thought to have had an unprecedented number of invalid votes.

Results

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The top ten candidates out of 202 who ran for the seat, were:

# Candidate Party Votes %
1 Esmaeil Kousari Front of Islamic Revolution Stability 346,645 19.44
2 Hamid Rasaei Front of Islamic Revolution Stability 261,810 14.68
3 Alireza Mahjoub Worker House 98,823 5.54
4 Ali Karbasi 20,856 1.16
5 Zahra Saeidi-Mobarakeh Zeynab Society 16,112 0.90
6 Amir Aghasi 9,453 0.05
7 Alireza Yazdani 6,514 0.03
8 Asghar Azoureh 5,994 0.03
9 Mehdi Marashi 5,789 0.03
10 Reza Vahedi 5,472 0.03
Blank/Invalid votes Not Declared
Total Votes 1,783,003 100
Source: [1]

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