title: Results of the 2016 Iranian Assembly of Experts election
text: # Results of the 2016 Iranian Assembly of Experts election
  
  ## Details
  
  ### Razavi Khorasan (6)
  
  Seats won by each list :
  
  | List | List | List | Seats Won |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | | The Two Societies | 6 |
  | | | People's Experts/Hope | 3 |
  | Total Seats | Total Seats | Total Seats | 6 | 6 |
  
  Razavi Khorasan Province :
  
  | # | Candidates (10) | Lists | Lists | Lists | Lists | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | # | Candidates (10) | CCA | SST | PE | R | Votes | % |
  | 1 | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi | Yes | Yes | | | 1,499,109 | 53.91 |
  | 2 | Hassan Alemi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,285,990 | 46.24 |
  | 3 | Ahmad Alamolhoda | Yes | Yes | | | 1,235,565 | 44.43 |
  | 4 | Ahmad Hosseini-Khorasani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,180,249 | 42.44 |
  | 5 | Mojtaba Hosseini | Yes | Yes | | | 897,028 | 32.25 |
  | 6 | Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 873,143 | 31.40 |
  | 7 | Mohammad Saeidi-Golpayegani | Yes | Yes | | | 728,894 | 26.21 |
  | 8 | Ali Ghorbani | | | | Yes | 681,131 | 24.49 |
  | 9 | Mahmoud Madani-Bajestani | | | Yes | Yes | 675,809 | 24.30 |
  | 10 | Mohammad Mehdi Abbasi | | | | | 132,586 | 4.76 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 2,780,639 | 2,780,639 |
  
  ### Khuzestan (6)
  
  Seats won by each list :
  
  | List | List | List | Seats Won |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | | Combatant Clergy | 5 |
  | | | Seminary Teachers | 5 |
  | | | People's Experts/Hope | 3 |
  | Total Seats | Total Seats | Total Seats | 6 | 6 |
  
  Khuzestan Province :
  
  | # | Candidates (7) | Lists | Lists | Lists | Lists | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | # | Candidates (7) | CCA | SST | PE | R | Votes | % |
  | 1 | Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 783,004 | 39.28 |
  | 2 | Abbas Kaebi | Yes | Yes | | | 713,521 | 35.79 |
  | 3 | Mohsen Heidari Ale-Kathir | Yes | Yes | | | 668,417 | 33.53 |
  | 4 | Ali Shafiei | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 606,294 | 30.41 |
  | 5 | Abdolkarim Farhani | Yes | Yes | | | 551,502 | 27.66 |
  | 6 | Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi | | | Yes | Yes | 448,825 | 22.51 |
  | 7 | Ali Fallahian | Yes | | | | ? |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 1,993,259 | 1,993,259 |
  
  ### East Azerbaijan (5)
  
  Seats won by each list :
  
  | List | List | List | Seats Won |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | | The Two Societies | 4 |
  | | | People's Experts/Hope | 4 |
  | Total Seats | Total Seats | Total Seats | 5 | 5 |
  
  East Azerbaijan Province :
  
  | # | Candidates (6) | Lists | Lists | Lists | Lists | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | # | Candidates (6) | CCA | SST | PE | R | Votes | % |
  | 1 | Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari | Yes | Yes | | | 743,818 | 41.53 |
  | 2 | Ali Malakouti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 688,700 | 38.45 |
  | 3 | Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 570,445 | 31.85 |
  | 4 | Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi | | | Yes | Yes | 476,888 | 26.63 |
  | 5 | Mohammad Feyzi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 415,041 | 23.17 |
  | 6 | Javad Hajizadeh | Yes | Yes | | | 354,660 | 19.80 |
  | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | 207,650 | 11.59 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 1,790,789 | 1,790,789 |
  
  ### Isfahan (5)
  
  Seats won by each list :
  
  | List | List | List | Seats Won |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | | The Two Societies | 5 |
  | | | People's Experts/Hope | 2 |
  | Total Seats | Total Seats | Total Seats | 5 | 5 |
  
  Isfahan Province :
  
  | # | Candidates (14) | Lists | Lists | Lists | Lists | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | # | Candidates (14) | CCA | SST | PE | R | Votes | % |
  | 1 | Yousef Tabatabaei | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,041,564 | 52.70 |
  | 2 | Abolhassan Mahdavi | Yes | Yes | | | 840,238 | 42.52 |
  | 3 | Morteza Moghtadaei | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 825,371 | 41.76 |
  | 4 | Abdolnabi Namazi | Yes | Yes | | | 822,961 | 41.64 |
  | 5 | Mahmoud Abdollahi | Yes | Yes | | | 491,974 | 24.89 |
  | 6 | Mohammad Omumi | | | | | 369,729 | 18.71 |
  | 7 | Abdolrasoul Ghassemi-Kajani | | | Yes | Yes | 363,121 | 18.37 |
  | 8 | Hassan Shariati-Niasar | | | Yes | Yes | 353,805 | 17.90 |
  | 9 | Mohammad Ali Faqihi | | | | | 324,772 | 16.43 |
  | 10 | Hamid Elahidoust | | | | | 287,360 | 14.54 |
  | 11 | Mohsen Faqihi | | | | | 126,569 | 6.40 |
  | — | Asghar Matinpour | | | | Yes | — | — |
  | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | 283,024 | 14.32 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 1,976,061 | 1,976,061 |
  
  ### Fars (5)
  
  Seats won by each list :
  
  | List | List | List | Seats Won |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | | The Two Societies | 3 |
  | | | People's Experts/Hope | 3 |
  | Total Seats | Total Seats | Total Seats | 5 | 5 |
  
  Fars Province :
  
  | # | Candidates (8) | Lists | Lists | Lists | Lists | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | # | Candidates (8) | CCA | SST | PE | R | Votes |
  | 1 | Ali-Asghar Dastgheib | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,537,081 |
  | 2 | Ahmad Beheshti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1,023,064 |
  | 3 | Asadollah Imani | Yes | Yes | | | 955,206 |
  | 4 | Mohammad Faqih | | | Yes | Yes | 560,614 |
  | 5 | Ali-Akabar Kalantari | | | | | 555,939 |
  | 6 | Ali Sheikh-Movahed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 527,092 |
  | 7 | Gholamali Safaei-Boushehri | Yes | Yes | | | 525,597 |
  | 8 | Ali Edalat | | | Yes | Yes | 443,412 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 2,151,847 | 2,151,847 |
  
  ### Provinces with 4 seats and less
  
  | # | Candidates | Lists | Lists | Lists | Lists | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | # | Candidates | CCA | SST | PE | R | Votes |
  | Gilan Province (4) |||||||
  | 1 | Ali Hosseini-Eshkevari | Yes | | Yes | Yes | 354,918 |
  | 2 | Zeinolabedin Ghorbani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 331,283 |
  | 3 | Reza Ramezani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 330,606 |
  | 4 | Ahmad Parvaei | | | | | 305,073 |
  | 5 | Mehdi Rahnama | | | | | 249,471 |
  | 6 | Sadegh Alamolhoda | | | Yes | Yes | 194,679 |
  | 7 | Hossein Radayi | | | | | 69,005 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 1,173,241 | 1,173,241 |
  | Mazandaran Province (4) |||||||
  | 1 | Sadegh Larijani | Yes | Yes | | | 682,817 |
  | 2 | Nourollah Tabarsi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 612,673 |
  | 3 | Ali Moallemi | Yes | Yes | | | 556,750 |
  | 4 | Rahim Tavakkol | | | Yes | Yes | 488,817 |
  | 5 | Akbar Seifi-Mazandarani | Yes | Yes | | | 345,058 |
  | 6 | Sadegh Pishnamazi | | | Yes | Yes | 275,018 |
  | 7 | Hossein Goli-Shirdar | | | Yes | Yes | 184,472 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 1,618,263 | 1,618,263 |
  | West Azerbaijan Province (3) |||||||
  | 1 | Ali Akbar Ghoreishi | Yes | Yes | | | 822,027 |
  | 2 | Asgar Dirbaz | Yes | Yes | | | 397,407 |
  | 3 | Javad Mojtahed Shabestari | | | | | 247,240 |
  | 4 | Mansour Mazaheri-Krouni | | | Yes | Yes | 237,279 |
  | 5 | Abbas Rafati | Yes | Yes | | | 176,052 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 1,511,652 | 1,511,652 |
  | Kerman Province (3) |||||||
  | 1 | Ahmad Khatami | Yes | Yes | | | 701,972 |
  | 2 | Mohammad Bahrami-Khoshkar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 672,608 |
  | 3 | Amanollah Alimoradi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 559,656 |
  | 4 | Jalil Sadr-Tabatabaei | | | Yes | Yes | 486,107 |
  | 5 | Ahmad Shaykh Bahāʾī | | | | | 224,059 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 1,310,234 | 1,310,234 |
  | Ardabil Province (2) |||||||
  | 1 | Hassan Ameli | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 382,854 |
  | 2 | Fakhraddin Mousavi | | | Yes | Yes | 254,462 |
  | 3 | Sadegh Mohammadi-Jazeyi | Yes | Yes | | | ? |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 612,320 | 612,320 |
  | Alborz Province (2) |||||||
  | 1 | Mohammad-Mehdi Mirbagheri | Yes | Yes | | | 348,431 |
  | 2 | Mohsen Kazeroun | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 282,856 |
  | 3 | Sadegh Razzaghi | | | Yes | Yes | 234,398 |
  | 4 | Mohammad-Ali Modarresi Mosalla | Yes | Yes | | | 183,777 |
  | 5 | Hossein Tajabadi | | | | | 56,357 |
  | 6 | Ali Rahmanifard | | | | | 55,170 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 800,257 | 800,257 |
  | Sistan and Baluchestan Province (2) |||||||
  | 1 | Ali-Ahmadi Salami | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 732,289 |
  | 2 | Abbasali Soleimani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 417,867 |
  | 3 | Mohammad Hossein Bayati | | | | | 201,088 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 1,117,261 | 1,117,261 |
  | Qazvin Province (2) |||||||
  | 1 | Ali Eslami | Yes | Yes | | | 291,051 |
  | 2 | Majid Talkhabi | | | Yes | Yes | 209,726 |
  | 3 | Mahmoud Rajabi | Yes | Yes | | | 170,612 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 539,543 | 539,543 |
  | Kurdistan Province (2) |||||||
  | 1 | Faegh Rostami | | | Yes | Yes | 144,513 |
  | 2 | Anvar Adami | | | | | 136,359 |
  | 3 | Abdolrahman Khodaei | | Yes | Yes | Yes | 135,341 |
  | 4 | Mohammad Hosseini-Shahroudi | | Yes | | | 133,877 |
  | 5 | Eghbal Bahmani | | | | | 124,749 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 620,458 | 620,458 |
  | Kermanshah Province (2) |||||||
  | 1 | Amanollah Narimani | | | Yes | Yes | 381,623 |
  | 2 | Mahmoud Mahmoudi-Araghi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 272,292 |
  | 3 | Alireza Mostashari | | | | | 263,438 |
  | 4 | Hassan Mamdouhi | Yes | Yes | | | 250,382 |
  | Total Votes (Excluding blank or invalid votes) | Total Votes (Excluding blank or invalid votes) | Total Votes (Excluding blank or invalid votes) | Total Votes (Excluding blank or invalid votes) | Total Votes (Excluding blank or invalid votes) | Total Votes (Excluding blank or invalid votes) | 448,355 | 448,355 |
  | Golestan Province (2) |||||||
  | 1 | Kazem Nourmofidi | Yes | | Yes | Yes | 486,286 |
  | 2 | Abdolhadi Mortazavi-Shahroudi | Yes | | Yes | Yes | 365,881 |
  | 3 | Hosseinali Saʾdī | | | | | 296,133 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 1,148,300 | 1,148,300 |
  | Markazi Province (2) |||||||
  | 1 | Mohsen Araki | Yes | Yes | | | 242,146 |
  | 2 | Ahmad Mohseni Gorgani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 207,655 |
  | 3 | Kazem Sepasi-Ashtiani | | | | | 182,231 |
  | 4 | Javad Mousavi | | | Yes | Yes | 176,207 |
  | 5 | Ahmad Momen | | | | | 32,960 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 634,545 |
  | Hamedan Province (2) |||||||
  | 1 | Mostafa Mousavi | Yes | Yes | | | 441,321 |
  | 2 | Ghiassedin Mohammadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 319,656 |
  | 3 | Ali Razini | | | Yes | Yes | ≈215,000 |
  | 4 | Habibollah Shaʾbani | | | | | ≈187,000 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 845,253 |
  | Luristan Province (2) |||||||
  | 1 | Ahmad Moballeghi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 400,732 |
  | 2 | Hashem Niazi | Yes | Yes | | | 382,523 |
  | 3 | Mohammad-Naghi Shahrokhi | | | Yes | Yes | 345,663 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 884,144 | 884,144 |
  | Ilam Province (1) |||||||
  | 1 | Mohsen Saeidi | Yes | Yes | | | 136,919 |
  | 2 | Mehdi Khatibi | | | | | 81,962 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 323,811 | 323,811 |
  | Bushehr Province (1) |||||||
  | 1 | Hashem Boushehri | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 374,147 |
  | 2 | Gholamreza Fayyazi | | | | | 33,149 |
  | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | Blank or Invalid Votes | 60,659 | 60,659 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 467,945 | 467,945 |
  | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province (1) |||||||
  | 1 | Alireza Eslamian | Yes | Yes | | | 245,278 |
  | 2 | Reza Mokhtari-Esfidvajani | | | Yes | Yes | 162,673 |
  | 3 | Mohammad Ali Khazayili | | | | | 16,673 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 424,747 | 424,747 |
  | South Khorasan Province (1) |||||||
  | 1 | Ebrahim Raeesi | Yes | Yes | | | 325,048 |
  | 2 | Ebrahim Rabbani | | | Yes | Yes | 81,083 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 406,131 | 406,131 |
  | North Khorasan Province (1) |||||||
  | 1 | Habibollah Mehmannavaz | Yes | Yes | | | 176,136 |
  | 2 | Ali Mohammadi-Khorasani | | | Yes | Yes | 126,775 |
  | 3 | Hamid Havali-Shahriari | | | | | 110,773 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 448,355 | 448,355 |
  | Zanjan Province (1) |||||||
  | 1 | Mohammad Reza Doulabi | | Yes | | | 193,558 |
  | 2 | Esmaeil Nouri-Zanjani | Yes | | Yes | Yes | 175,498 |
  | 3 | Abdollah Amirkhani | | | | | 76,932 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 445,989 | 445,989 |
  | Semnan Province (1) |||||||
  | 1 | Mohammad Shahcheraghi | Yes | Yes | Yes | | 224,215 |
  | 2 | Abdolamir Khattat | | | | | 48,424 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 325,049 | 325,049 |
  | Qom Province (1) |||||||
  | 1 | Mohammad Momen | Yes | Yes | | | 333,149 |
  | 2 | Maysam Doust-Mohammadi | | | | | 43,625 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 472,549 | 472,549 |
  | Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Province (1) |||||||
  | 1 | Sharafeddin Malek-Hosseini | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 327,864 |
  | 2 | Mohammad Kazem Mousavinasab | | | | | 36,881 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 400,617 | 400,617 |
  | Hormozgan Province (1) |||||||
  | 1 | Ruhollah Sadrossadati | | | | | 420,699 |
  | 2 | Gholamali Naeimabadi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 271,231 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 763,152 |
  | Yazd Province (1) |||||||
  | 1 | Abolghassem Vafi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 328,206 |
  | 2 | Mohammad Reza Mohassel | | | | | 101,325 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 429,531 | 429,531 |
  