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The left, however, lost the 1992 Majlis elections to the right after the Guardian Council rejected the credentials of 1,100 candidates, including 40 incumbents... Conservatives won 122 seats in the 1992 elections, while the left suffered a major electoral defeat with only 40
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disqualified about one-third of them, approving only some 2,050. Among the disqualified candidates, 39 were incumbent MPs either belonged to or had sympathized with the
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and were limited to seven days, ending 24 hours before the polling process started. The candidates and campaigners were obliged to focus on their merits, rather than
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on 10 April 1992, with a second round on 8 May. The elections were the first parliamentary elections held in Iran since the death of
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Power, Islam, and Political Elite in Iran: A Study on the Iranian Political Elite from Khomeini to Ahmadinejad
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Farzin Sarabi (1994). "The Post-Khomeini Era in Iran: The Elections of the Fourth Islamic Majlis".
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Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics
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According to Eva Rakel, the radical left faction gained 79 out of 270 parliamentary seats.
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It marked a rivalry between the two main organizations at the time, the right-wing
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The table below only includes seats decided in the first round of voting:
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had been curbed and there was official discrimination toward them.
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Some 3,150 candidates registered to run for a seat, but the
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The duration of official campaigns started one week after
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Middle East Institute: 89–107. 421: 822:The Iran Social Science Data Portal 414:or highlighting activities against 13: 1001: 874: 854:Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook 839: 807: 794:Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union 14: 1648: 1598:List of elections and referendums 17:1992 Iranian legislative election 1065: 608:Association of Combatant Clerics 513:Association of Combatant Clerics 432:Association of Combatant Clerics 376:, including student association 366:Association of Combatant Clerics 342:Association of Combatant Clerics 202:Islamic Association of Engineers 175:Association of Combatant Clerics 113: 106: 23: 374:Coalition of Imam's Line groups 212:Islamic Association of Teachers 67:136 seats needed for a majority 972: 948: 919: 378:Office for Strengthening Unity 192:Office for Strengthening Unity 1: 818:"1992 Parliamentary Election" 800: 391:, the political group led by 361:Islamic Aligned Organizations 64:Islamic Consultative Assembly 720:Combatant Clergy Association 594:Combatant Clergy Association 500:Combatant Clergy Association 357:Combatant Clergy Association 334:Combatant Clergy Association 162:Islamic Society of Engineers 141:Combatant Clergy Association 7: 932:University Press of Florida 347: 157:Islamic Society of Students 10: 1653: 781: 773: 765: 748: 740: 732: 692: 682: 631: 620: 606: 592: 556: 535: 524: 511: 498: 465: 245:Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat 126:Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani 1622:April 1992 events in Asia 1595: 1557: 1526: 1458: 1410: 1367: 1169: 1086: 1017:Inter-Parliamentary Union 926:Baktiari, Bahman (1996). 760: 727: 716:Inter-Parliamentary Union 710:Inter-Parliamentary Union 552: 480: 336:(supporters of President 268: 152:Islamic Coalition Society 87: 79: 71: 60: 33: 21: 389:Freedom Movement of Iran 338:Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 187:Association of the Women 1627:May 1992 events in Iran 915:(subscription required) 858:Oxford University Press 448:Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani 444:Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi 45:10 April and 8 May 1992 1637:1992 elections in Asia 1617:1992 elections in Iran 774:Blank or invalid votes 741:Blank or invalid votes 301:Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri 979:Yasmin Alem (2011), 575:Nohlen et al. (2001) 408:negative campaigning 340:) and the left-wing 1369:Assembly of Experts 955:Rakel, Eva (2008), 898:Middle East Journal 860:. pp. 68, 74. 452:Ebrahim Asgharzadeh 236:Leader's seat 18: 323:Ayatollah Khomeini 16: 1604: 1603: 990:978-1-931459-59-4 798: 797: 707: 706: 657: 656: 572: 571: 568:Source: Baktiari 422:Disqualifications 315: 314: 311: 310: 264: 263: 62:All 270 seats of 56: 55: 1644: 1070: 1069: 1058: 1051: 1044: 1035: 1034: 1028: 1027: 1026: 1024: 1008: 999: 998: 976: 970: 969: 952: 946: 945: 923: 917: 916: 913: 893: 872: 871: 846: 837: 836: 835: 833: 814: 725: 724: 672: 671: 579: 578: 494: 478: 477: 460:Mohammad Khatami 436:Sadegh Khalkhali 428:Guardian Council 380:and trade union 368:, backed by the 271: 117: 110: 89: 88: 35: 34: 28: 27: 26: 19: 15: 1652: 1651: 1647: 1646: 1645: 1643: 1642: 1641: 1607: 1606: 1605: 1600: 1591: 1553: 1522: 1454: 1406: 1363: 1165: 1082: 1064: 1062: 1032: 1031: 1022: 1020: 1010: 1009: 1002: 991: 977: 973: 967: 953: 949: 942: 934:. p. 219. 930:. 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Islamic Consultative Assembly


Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Mehdi Karoubi
Combatant Clergy Association
Islamic Coalition Society
Islamic Society of Students
Islamic Society of Engineers
Zeynab Society
Association of Combatant Clerics
Association of the Women
Office for Strengthening Unity
Worker House
Islamic Association of Engineers
Islamic Association of University Instructors
Islamic Association of Teachers
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Left
Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Speaker
Mehdi Karoubi
ACC
Speaker
Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
CCA
Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini

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