Front of Prudence and Development of Islamic Iran ( fa, جبهه تدبیر و توسعه ایران اسلامی) is the

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of five

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ian minor political groups that issued

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for the 2016 legislative elections. The group which was established by Rouhani 2013 presidential campaigners, and support the Government of Hassan Rouhani, but did not ally with the

List of Hope Pervasive Coalition of Reformists: The Second Step ( fa, ائتلاف فراگير اصلاح‌طلبان: گام دوم), named The List of Hope ( fa, لیست امید) by Mohammad Khatami, was the sole coalition and electoral list affiliated ...

–the coalition including the president's party,

Moderation and Development Party Moderation and Development Party ( fa, حزب اعتدال و توسعه, Hezb-e E'tedāl va Towse'eh) is a political party in Iran. It is a pragmatic-centrist political party which held its first congress in 2002. Platform The party is part of t ...

– in the 2016 elections. They initially intended to ally with the

Reformists Front In 2008 Iranian legislative election, they formed "''Popular Coalition of Reforms''", consisting of 14 groups. Mostafa Kavakebian and Fatemeh Karroubi were key figures of the alliance. Other than Democracy Party, Islamic Assembly of Women and so ...

Member groups

Groups involving this front include: *Islamic Revolution Devotees Party ( fa, حزب ایثارگران انقلاب اسلامی) *Solidarity of Graduates Party ( fa, حزب همبستگی دانش‌آموختگان) *Association for Graduates of Azarbaijan ( fa, کانون فارغ‌التحصیلان آذربایجان) *Development of Islamic Iran Party ( fa, حزب توسعه ایران اسلامی) *Islamic Iran National Unity Party ( fa, حزب وحدت ملی ایران اسلامی)

2016 election list

Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis ( fa, تهران، ری، شمیرانات، اسلامشهر و پردیس) is a constituency for the Parliament of Iran encompassing the metropolitan area of Tehran and some of its satellite citi ...

The group had 14 exclusive candidates, all losing the election, and the rest of 16 candidates in the list was derived from

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and People's Voice lists. Their top voted exclusive candidate was actor

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, who was placed 77th receiving only 19,133 votes out of 3,440,968.

Exclusive candidates winning seats

According to the front's spokesperson, 79 of the candidates winning a seat in the first round were supported by the group, however most of them were included in the election's three major lists

Principlists Grand Coalition Principlists Grand Coalition ( fa, ائتلاف بزرگ اصول‌گرایان) is a principlist coalition and electoral list for the 2016 Iranian legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 26 February 2016 to elect memb ...

and People's Voice. 11 candidates won seats while being supported by the group and not listed by any of the big three lists. Among them, four were

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and two were former members of the parliament.

References

External links

Official Website
{{Electoral lists in Iran Political party alliances in Iran Electoral lists for Iranian legislative election, 2016