At stake in this election:

• 285 seats in the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- KHAMENEI *
• Head of Government: President Mahmud AHMADI-NEJAD
• Assembly: Iran has a unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami) with 290 seats.

* The Leader of the Islamic Revolution is appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts.

Description of electoral system:

• The Leader of the Islamic Revolution is appointed.
• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami) 290 members are elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms.***

*** 5 seats are reserved for religious minorities.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• ​Principalist Unity Front
  • Seats won in this election: 65
• Persevering Front of the Islamic Revolution
  • Seats won in this election: 22
• Joint PUF/PFIR candidates
  • Seats won in this election: 61
• Democratic Front
  • Seats won in this election: 20
• Independent(s): Independents
  • Seats won in this election: 105

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 76,156,975 (2012)
• Registered Voters: 48,288,799 (2012)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 37,745,753 (2012)

·         Is Iran a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Iran ratified CEDAW: No

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 9 (following the 2012 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 69 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Iran a signatory to CRPD: No

·         Has Iran ratified CRPD: Yes, accession (23 Occtober 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 11,423,546 (est.)