2020 Iranian legislative election

2020 Iranian legislative election
All 290 seats to the Islamic Consultative Assembly; 146 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	42.57% (19.07 pp )
	Composition of the Assembly following the election
Speaker before election; Ali Larijani;	Elected Speaker ; Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf;

Legislative elections were held in Iran on 21 February 2020, four years after the previous legislative election in 2016.^[2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the second round, to elect eleven seats, was postponed until 11 September 2020.^[3]

Candidates had to be approved by the Guardian Council, and of the 14,000 applying to run for the Islamic Consultative Assembly legislature, 6,850 were rejected,^[4] including 90 current members of the Assembly (who were approved to run in the last election). "Moderates and conservatives" were mostly rejected by the Council and "hardliners" approved (according to Parisa Hefzi);^[4] while another observer believed some of the rejected were corrupt and others lacking sufficient loyalty to the regime.^[5]

^ Hafezi, Parisa (23 February 2020), Fletcher, Philippa; Merriman, Jane; Maclean, William (eds.), "Iran announces low poll turnout, blames coronavirus 'propaganda'", Reuters, retrieved 1 March 2020
^ "Parliamentary Elections Set for Feb. 2020", Financial Tribune, 27 February 2019, retrieved 25 October 2019
^ "Rouhani urges Iran MPs to 'cooperate' as parliament opens". Yahoo News Australia. Agence-France Presse. May 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b Hafezi, Parisa (13 February 2020). "Iran starts election campaign with thousands barred from standing". Reuters. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ Filkins, Dexter (18 May 2020). "The Twilight of the Iranian Revolution". New Yorker. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

[1] Hafezi, Parisa (23 February 2020), Fletcher, Philippa; Merriman, Jane; Maclean, William (eds.), "Iran announces low poll turnout, blames coronavirus 'propaganda'", Reuters, retrieved 1 March 2020

[2] "Parliamentary Elections Set for Feb. 2020", Financial Tribune, 27 February 2019, retrieved 25 October 2019

[3] "Rouhani urges Iran MPs to 'cooperate' as parliament opens". Yahoo News Australia. Agence-France Presse. May 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

[Hafezi-2020-4] Hafezi, Parisa (13 February 2020). "Iran starts election campaign with thousands barred from standing". Reuters. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[Filkins-iran-5-18-2020-5] Filkins, Dexter (18 May 2020). "The Twilight of the Iranian Revolution". New Yorker. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

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