Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 18 February 2000, with a second round on 5 May. The result was a solid victory for 2nd of Khordad Front and its allies, the reformist supporters of President

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A total of 6,083 candidates contested the elections. 225 of the 290 seats were won in the first round of voting. Registration process took place between 11 and 16 December 1999. Main

reformist Reformism is a political tendency advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution. Within the socialist movement, ref ...

coalition lists were "2nd of Khordad Press" and "Coalition of 15 Groups Supporting 2nd of Khordad" (including 11 out of 18 members in the 2nd of Khordad Front) and main principlist coalition was Coalition of Followers of the Line of Imam and Leader. Rest of lists were issued by solitary parties. For the first time

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issued an electoral list and was able to win two exclusive seats ( Alireza Rajaei in

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and Rahman Kargosha in Arak, Komijan and Khondab) but the

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declared their votes "voided".

Results

;Inter-Parliamentary Union

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report cites the following results: ;Samii (2000) :''The data includes first round only''. ;Bakhash (2001) :''The data includes second round only''. Shaul Bakhash states that

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had a comfortable majority, however estimates differed as to the size of this majority. He cites

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's account (reformers 200 seats, the conservatives 58, and independents 18) as "inflated", but considers ''Payam-e Emruz'' report (which states that 150 MPs are committed to the " 2nd of Khordad agenda") reliable. Bakhash additionally suggests that votes cast for the Speakers provide a better gauge of the distribution of forces, concluding that 50 to 60 deputies were affiliated with the

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, 150 with

Islamic Iran Participation Front The Islamic Iran Participation Front (; ''Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami'') was a reformist political party in Iran. It was sometimes described as the most dominant member within the 2nd of Khordad Front. The party took 189 of the 290 seats ...

and 15 to the Executives of Construction. The most detailed results, with data down to the province level, can be found on the "Iran Data Portal". ;Nohlen ''et al''. (2001) :''In the following table, the Independents are counted as "allies"''. ;Abrahamian (2008)

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cites that reformist enjoyed a majority (69.25%), or 26.8 million, of the 38.7 million voters who cast ballots in the February 18, 2000 first round. Ultimately reformists won 195 of the 290 Majlis seats in that election. ; Kazemzadeh (2008)

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Islamic Consultative Assembly elections

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