| The Elections Act of
the Islamic Consultative Assembly |
| Chapter 1 - Generalities: |
| Article 1: |
The elections of Islamic Consultative Assembly shall be enforced according to the regulations of this act and the government is duly obliged to hold the elections before the termination of last period so that the territory never runs without Parliament.
Note: Parliament here means Islamic Consultative Assembly |
| Article 2: |
The number of Islamic Consultative Assembly members shall be 290 persons and its increase shall be subject to the
Article 64 of the
Constitution.
Note: 5 of 290 members of the Parliament are the deputies of religious minorities, as below:
Zoroastrians and Jews each one member, one member for Assyrian and Caldean Christians, One member for each Armenian Christians of north and south. |
| Article 3: |
| The supervision of the elections of Islamic Consultative Assembly has been undertaken by the Guardian Council. The approbation and public supervision runs in all the stages and affairs of elections. |
| Article 4: |
| If there remain more than one year to the termination of Parliament period, middle-period elections shall be hold in the stations with no member. If the number of members is less than four fifth of their total number and there remain 6 months to the end of Parliament period, the middle period elections will be held. |
| Article 5: |
| The supervisors of the Ministry of the Interior, governor-generals' offices,
governors' offices and deputy governor's offices shall be governor-generals, governors and deputy governors institute of the Home Minister. |
| Article 6: |
The membership years of full time civil servants or military men of organizations, companies and governmental institutes or affiliated units, public foundations or municipality, would be considered as their service years after being elected and the issuance of their credentials with granting a group and respective increase of service years. During their membership of parliament they only receive their membership salary.
Note: The years of membership in Islamic Consultative Assembly is also considered as the service years of those members who are employed by governmental organizations or their affiliated units during or after their membership. |
