18 February and 5 May 2000 2004 → Turnout 69.27% | Registered 38,726,388 195≈222 54≈74 | |
Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 18 February 2000, with a second round on 5 May. The result was a victory for the 2nd of Khordad Front and its allies, which won 195, 216 or 222 of the 290 seats in the Majlis.
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Electoral system
The elections were conducted using a two-round system, with the number of candidates progressing to the second round being double the number of seats available. Candidates required an absolute majority to win a seat in the first round, and plurality to win in the second round. Five seats reserved for minority groups including Jews, Zorastrians, Armenians from the north and south of the country and one elected by Assyrians.
Campaign
A total of 6,083 candidates contested the elections. 225 of the 290 seats were won in the first round of voting.
Main reformist coalition lists were "2nd of Khordad Press" and "Coalition of 15 Groups Supporting 2nd of Khordad" (including 11 out of 18 members in the 2nd of Khordad Front) and main principlist coalition was Coalition of Followers of the Line of Imam and Leader. Rest of lists were issued by solitary parties. For the first time Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran issued an electoral list and was able to win two exclusive seats (Alireza Rajaei in Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr and Rahman Kargosha in Arak, Komijan and Khondab) but the Guardian Council declared their votes "voided".
Nationwide
In the following table, the Independents are counted as "allies".
An Inter-Parliamentary Union report cites the following results:
Another source cites that reformist enjoyed a majority (69.25%), or 26.8 million, of the 38.7 million voters who cast ballots in the February 18, 2000 first round. Ultimately reformists won 195 of the 290 Majlis seats in that election.
Tehran
15 electoral lists were issued for 30 seats in Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district, endorsing a total of 113 individuals. The 113 listed candidates received an average of 437,459 votes, while 723 unlisted candidates received only 5,524 in average.