1988 Iranian legislative election

1988 Iranian legislative election
8 April and 13 May 1988
All 270 seats of Islamic Consultative Assembly
136 seats needed for a majority
Registered27,986,736
Turnout59.72%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mehdi Karoubi Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Party Association of Combatant Clerics
and allies
 Combatant Clergy Association
and allies
Alliance Left Right
Leader's seat Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat (defeated)
Seats won ≈160 ≈90
Composition of the Assembly following the election
Prime Minister before election

Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Independent

 Elected Prime Minister

Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 8 April 1988, with a second round on 13 May. The result was a victory for leftist politicians who later emerged as reformists. The number of clerics elected to the Majlis was reduced by over a third.

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