Rasht (electoral district)

Rasht (electoral district) is an electoral district in the Gilan Province in Iran. This electoral district have 956,971 population[2] and elects 3 members of parliament.[3]

Rasht
Electoral district Constituency for the Islamic Consultative Assembly
Constituency highlighted in Gilan Province
Location of Gilan Province in Iran
Province	Gilan
Districts	Central District, Khomam District, Khoshk-e Bijar District, Kuchesfahan District, Lasht-e Nesha District, Sangar District
Population	956,971 (2016)
Electorate	692,778 (2016)[1]
Major settlements	Rasht
Current constituency
Created	1980
Seats	3 / 290 (1%)
Assembly Members	Gholam Ali Jafarzadeh, Jabbar Kouchakinejad, Mohammad-Sadegh Hasani
Pervasive Coalition of Reformists	2 / 3 (67%)
Principlists Grand Coalition	1 / 3 (33%)
People's Voice	1 / 3 (33%)

Elections

First round

2016 Iranian legislative election[4]
#	Candidate	Affiliation		List(s)[5][6][7][8][9][10]						Votes	%	Notes
				H	PV	MDP	FPD	PGC	FF
1	Gholam Ali Jafarzadeh (i)		Reformist	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			90,921	32.51	Elected
2	Jabbar Kouchakinejad (i)		Principlist					Yes	Yes	58,922	21.07	Went to Runoff
3	Ali Aghazadeh Dafsari (f)		Principlist					Yes	Yes	58,397	20.88
4	Valiollah Azamati		Principlist					Yes		53,392	19.09
5	Mohammad-Sadegh Hasani		Reformist	Yes						43,602	15.59
6	Mohammad-Hassan Vahedi		Reformist	Yes		Yes				31,591	11.30	Defeated
7	Mozaffar Naamdaar		Principlist						Yes	23,418	8.37
8	Mohammadreza Ahmadi		Principlist							20,605	7.37
9	Reza Motahari		Principlist							15,398	5.50
10	Mohammadreza Zibaei		Principlist							12,040	4.30
11	Mohammad Hassankhah		Principlist							10,721	3.83
...	...
24	Mohammadreza Shafiee		Reformist			Yes				3,086	1.10
...	...
40	Rahman Rahman-Zadeh		Reformist				Yes			1,002	0.36
...	Other Candidates									<1,000	<0.36
Blank Votes										19,967	7.14
Total Votes										279,665
Turnout										40.39%

Second round

2016 Iranian legislative election[11]
#	Candidate	Affiliation		Main list[12][13]	Votes	%	Notes
1	Jabbar Kouchakinejad (i)		Principlist	Principlists Grand Coalition	54,316	41.35	Elected
2	Mohammad-Sadegh Hasani		Reformist	Pervasive Coalition of Reformists	50,406	38.37
3	Ali Aghazadeh Dafsari (f)		Principlist	Principlists Grand Coalition	48,743	37.11	Defeated
4	Valiollah Azamati		Principlist	-	30,042	22.87
Total Valid Votes					131,349
Turnout					18.96%

References

1. "767 هزار و 620 نفر واجد شرایط مشارکت در مرحله دوم انتخابات در رشت و رودبار". Rasht Governance (in Persian). 29 April 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
2. "نتایج سرشماری عمومی نفوس و مسکن ۱۳۹۵". Statistical Centre of Iran (in Persian). 26 February 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
3. "جدول حوزه های انتخابیه در انتخابات نهمین دوره مجلس شورای اسلامی" (PDF) (in Persian). IRIB Research Center. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
4. "نتایج رسمی انتخابات مجلس شورای اسلامی در کلانشهر رشت اعلام گردید". Khabar Online (in Persian). 28 February 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
5. "Final Names of the "Second Step" candidates is declared nationwide" (in Persian). Official Website of the List of Hope. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
6. "Final list of "People's Voice" candidates in Tehran and some other Electoral Districts" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
7. "لیست ائتلاف اعتدالگرایان گیلان منتشر شد+ اسامی". Guilan Online (in Persian). 23 February 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
8. "اسامی کاندیداهای نهایی جبهه تدبیر و توسعه در گیلان". Front of Prudence and Development (in Persian). 21 February 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
9. "ائتلاف بزرگ اصولگرایان استان گیلان گزینه مورد حمایتش در حوزه انتخابیه آستارا را معرفی کرد". Hasht-e Dey News (in Persian). 24 February 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
10. "جبهه پیروان خط امام و رهبری لیست نامزدهای مورد حمایت خود در انتخابات مجلس را منتشر کرد". Khabar Online (in Persian). 22 February 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
11. "آگهی نتیجه انتخابات مجلس شورای اسلامی در حوزه انتخابیه شهرستان رشت". Rasht Governance (in Persian). 30 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
12. "لیست ائتلاف اصولگرایان گیلان اعلام شد/خط قرمز اصولگرایان بر روی نام فرماندار سابق". Diyar-e Mirza (in Persian). 24 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
13. ""List of Hope" Finalized For the Second Round" (in Persian). Official Website of the List of Hope. 7 May 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)