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82 Seats in Assembly of Experts 54 seats needed for a majority | |||
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| Registered | 23,277,871 | ||
| Turnout | 77.38% | ||
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The first Iranian Assembly of Experts election was held on December 10 1982, to elect all 82 members in 24 constituencies. 18,013,061 citizens voted in the elections, marking a 77.38% turnout. Out of 168 individuals registered to run, 146 (86.90%) were qualified allowed to do so. [1]
Held in two-round system, 76 seats were decided in the first round, as well as 7 in the second round. [2]
Experts winning the elections made decisive resolutions, including electing Hussein-Ali Montazeri as the first and only "Deputy Supreme Leader of Iran" ( Persian: قائممقام رهبری) in May 1985, deposing him in November 1987, and electing the new Supreme Leader in June 1989. [3]
See also
References
- ^ "1982 Assembly of Experts Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, archived from the original on 2015-10-19, retrieved 10 August 2015
- ^ "جریان شناسی ادوار انتخابات مجلس خبرگان" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "پنج دوره خبرگان؛ رد صلاحیتها" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
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