2016 Assembly of Experts election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2016_Assembly_of_Experts_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:contemporaryOf gptkb:2016_Iranian_legislative_election
gptkbp:country gptkb:Iran
gptkbp:date 26 February 2016
gptkbp:elects gptkb:Assembly_of_Experts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2016 Assembly of Experts election
gptkbp:mainCandidate 161
gptkbp:nextEdition 2024 Assembly of Experts election
gptkbp:notable_disqualified_candidate gptkb:Hassan_Khomeini
gptkbp:notableEvent Defeat of several hardline clerics
Reformist gains
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:Hassan_Rouhani
gptkb:Mohammad-Taqi_Mesbah-Yazdi
gptkb:Mohammad_Yazdi
gptkb:Ahmad_Jannati
gptkb:Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani
gptkbp:number_of_approved_candidates 161
gptkbp:number_of_disqualified_candidates over 500
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Guardian_Council
gptkbp:part_of Iranian elections, 2016
gptkbp:previousEdition 2006 Assembly of Experts election
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 88
gptkbp:termLength 8 years
gptkbp:voterTurnout approximately 62%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hassan_Khomeini
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6