Islamic Consultative Assembly

Islamic Consultative Assembly

مجلس شورای اسلامی

Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī
Islamic Consultative Assembly ; مجلس شورای اسلامی; Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī
12th term
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	16 November 1906; 14 March 1980 (current form)
Preceded by	National Consultative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf ; since 28 May 2020
First Vice	Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee ; since 28 May 2024
Second Vice	Ali Nikzad ; since 28 May 2024
Structure
Seats	290
Political groups	Principlists (227) SHANA (199); Deviant current (14); Stability Front (3); Justice Seekers (2); Grand Coalition (1); Independents (8); ; Reformists and Moderates (20) MDP (5); ECP (2); Coalition for Iran (1); Independents (12); ; Non-affiliated (38); Minorities (5);
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Qualified majority two-round system
Last election	1 March and 10 May 2024
Next election	2028
Meeting place
	Islamic Consultative Assembly; Baharestan ; Tehran ; Iran
Website
	https://en.parliran.ir/
Constitution
	Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Islamic Consultative Assembly (Persian: مجلس شورای اسلامی, romanized: Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The parliament currently consists of 290 representatives, an increase from the previous 272 seats since the 18 February 2000 election.

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[OUP-1] Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.

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