{ "data": { "id": "iran-legislative-2028", "country": "IR", "country_name": "Iran", "level": "national", "subdivision": null, "subdivision_name": null, "date": "2028-03-17", "date_status": "tentative", "kind": "legislative", "conditional": null, "timezone": "Asia/Tehran", "status": "scheduled", "last_verified_at": "2026-10-02T12:00:00Z", "stale": false, "stale_reason": null, "provenance": { "from": "researcher agent 2026-10-02: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1989 text, fa.wikisource.org) arts. 63, 68, 99, 114, 117, 119, 130-131; Presidential Electoral Law, English translation (Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University) arts. 1, 3, 12-14, 18, 20, 67, 79-80; Electoral Law for Parliamentary Elections (1999), English translation (Iran Data Portal) arts. 1, 8-10 and credential articles; Leader's tanfiz speech of 1403/05/07 (fa.wikisource.org copy of khamenei.ir); Tasnim News Agency 19 Sep 2026; Al Jazeera reports of 1-4 Mar, 10 May, 29 Jun, 5-6 Jul 2024. moi.ir, shora-gc.ir and rc.majlis.ir were unreachable from this environment", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)" }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/iran-legislative-2028", "races": [ { "id": "majlis", "key": "iran-legislative-2028/majlis", "name": "Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis)", "body": "legislature-unicameral", "seats": 290, "seats_provisional": false, "polls_close_utc": "2028-03-17T14:30:00Z", "authority": { "id": "ir-moi", "name": "Ministry of Interior (Country Election Headquarters)", "name_local": "وزارت کشور (ستاد انتخابات کشور)", "role": "ministry", "homepage": "https://www.moi.ir/", "results_index": null, "open_data": null }, "status": "scheduled", "expected_stage_now": null, "observed": false, "final_observed": null, "final_expected": { "from": "2028-03-18T20:30:00Z", "by": "2028-03-24T20:29:59Z", "confidence": "precedent", "basis": "2024 precedent: the Ministry of Interior's nationwide results, with turnout, came on Monday 4 Mar 2024, three days after the 1 Mar vote: 245 of 290 seats were filled and 45 went to a second round (election HQ spokesman Mohsen Eslami, Al Jazeera, 4 Mar 2024). The 2028 window opens at the end of Saturday and closes at the end of Friday 24 Mar 2028 local, a week after polling day, as an err-late margin, also because the Nowruz holidays begin on 20 Mar 2028 (1 Farvardin 1407). FIRST ROUND ONLY: seats not filled go to a second round on a date the Ministry of Interior sets with the Guardian Council within one month after the first-round results are announced and confirmed (law art. 9 note 3, 1999 translation); in 2024 that runoff was on Fri 10 May, ten weeks later (Al Jazeera, 10 May 2024). The chamber's full membership is known only after that round. The results still await the Guardian Council's validation (next stage)." }, "last_final": null, "previous": null, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2028-03-17T14:30:00Z", "by": "2028-03-19T20:29:59Z", "replacedAt": "2028-03-24T20:29:59Z", "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Voting runs for at least 10 hours on an official holiday and may be extended by the Minister of Interior (Electoral Law for Parliamentary Elections art. 10, 1999 translation); hours are not yet set, so the close used is 18:00 IRST (UTC+3:30, no DST), 14:30 UTC. County and district governors confirm each district's result with the Guardian Council's supervisory board after the count and may then announce it (law, results article). 2024 precedent (polling Fri 1 Mar 2024): voting was extended three times, until midnight; official preliminary results for Tehran came on Saturday 2 Mar (Al Jazeera, 2 Mar 2024). The window closes at the end of Sunday local. District results are provisional until the Guardian Council validates them. DATE (tentative, latest lawful date): the 12th Majlis began on 7 Khordad 1403 = Mon 27 May 2024 and its term is four years (Constitution art. 63), ending 6 Khordad 1407 = Fri 26 May 2028. The amended Majlis election law (28/05/1402) reportedly requires voting at least 70 days before the end of the term (wording not read in full; see source note). 70 days before 26 May 2028 is Fri 17 Mar 2028 (27 Esfand 1406); the next Friday, 24 Mar, would be only 63 days before. Without the 70-day rule the Constitution only says 'before the end of the previous term'. The Interior Ministry's spokesperson placed the election in March 2028 under the current calendar and has floated a combined parliamentary-presidential election in May 2028 (Tasnim, 19 Sep 2026; a proposal, not law). 2024 was held on 11 Esfand 1402 (1 Mar 2024); any earlier Friday is also lawful. Elections can be suspended in wartime (art. 68).", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2028-03-18T20:30:00Z", "by": "2028-03-24T20:29:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "2024 precedent: the Ministry of Interior's nationwide results, with turnout, came on Monday 4 Mar 2024, three days after the 1 Mar vote: 245 of 290 seats were filled and 45 went to a second round (election HQ spokesman Mohsen Eslami, Al Jazeera, 4 Mar 2024). The 2028 window opens at the end of Saturday and closes at the end of Friday 24 Mar 2028 local, a week after polling day, as an err-late margin, also because the Nowruz holidays begin on 20 Mar 2028 (1 Farvardin 1407). FIRST ROUND ONLY: seats not filled go to a second round on a date the Ministry of Interior sets with the Guardian Council within one month after the first-round results are announced and confirmed (law art. 9 note 3, 1999 translation); in 2024 that runoff was on Fri 10 May, ten weeks later (Al Jazeera, 10 May 2024). The chamber's full membership is known only after that round. The results still await the Guardian Council's validation (next stage).", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "court-validation", "from": "2028-03-18T20:30:00Z", "by": "2028-05-26T20:29:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "estimate", "citation": "The Guardian Council supervises the election (Constitution art. 99) and issuing credentials depends on the absence of an invalidation ruling from it; it 'must announce its opinion on the election's validity as soon as possible' and the Ministry of Interior then orders the credentials issued within 48 hours (Electoral Law for Parliamentary Elections, 1999 translation, credential articles). No fixed deadline. Complaints about the conduct of the election go to the Council within seven days of polling day; district boards decide on complaints within seven days. ESTIMATE: the window closes at the end of the outgoing Majlis term, 6 Khordad 1407 (Fri 26 May 2028), because the Constitution requires each election to be completed so that the country is never without a Majlis (art. 63) and in 2024 the new Majlis first sat on the day the previous term ended (27 May 2024). No 2024 date for the Council's validation was confirmed from a readable official source (shora-gc.ir unreachable).", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.moi.ir/", "role": "see-also", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Ministry of Interior homepage; the Country Election Headquarters announces results here and through the media. No results page or results index was found, and the host refused connections from this environment on 2 Oct 2026, so it is not offered as a results source.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.shora-gc.ir/", "role": "court-validation", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Guardian Council homepage (shora-gc.ir). The Council supervises Majlis elections (Constitution art. 99) and must rule on each district's validity before credentials are issued. Not a results page; unreachable from this environment on 2 Oct 2026.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://fa.wikisource.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8_%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B6%DB%B8)", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1989 text, Persian, on Wikisource; the official portals rc.majlis.ir and shora-gc.ir were unreachable). Art. 114: four-year presidential term, one consecutive re-election. Art. 117: absolute majority of participants; otherwise a second vote 'روز جمعه هفته بعد' (on the Friday of the following week) between the two leading candidates. Art. 119: 'انتخاب رئیس‌جمهور جدید باید حداقل یک ماه پیش از پایان دوره ریاست جمهوری قبلی انجام شده باشد' (the new President's election must be completed at least one month before the previous term ends). Art. 63: four-year Majlis term; each election must be held before the previous term ends. Art. 68: elections can be suspended in wartime.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://irandataportal.syr.edu/the-electoral-law-for-parliamentary-elections", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Iran Data Portal (Syracuse University): English translation of the 1999 Electoral Law for Parliamentary Elections with its bylaw (read). Art. 1: the government organises the election so that it falls before the end of the previous term; art. 2: 290 seats; art. 8: first-round election needs at least one-fourth of the votes (a 2023 amendment changed rules; the threshold now in force was not confirmed); art. 9 note 3: the Ministry of Interior sets the second-round date, with the Guardian Council, within one month after the first-round results are announced and confirmed; art. 10: voting on one day, on an official holiday, for at least 10 hours, extendable by the Minister. OUTDATED IN PART: the law was amended on 28/05/1402 (19 Aug 2023), and the amended art. 1 note 3 reportedly requires voting 'با فاصله زمانی حداقل ۷۰ روز تا پایان هر دوره مجلس' (at least 70 days before the end of each Majlis term) - that wording is from search-result extracts of wikihoghoogh.net and ekhtebar.ir, whose pages could not be opened here. Verifier: confirm against rc.majlis.ir.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2026/09/19/3700321/iran-mulls-simultaneous-parliamentary-presidential-elections", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Tasnim News Agency, 19 Sep 2026 (CC BY 4.0): the Interior Ministry's political deputy and spokesperson Ali Zeinivand said that under the current calendar the parliamentary elections fall in March 2028 and the presidential election in June or July 2028; a working group is examining a bill to hold both together in May 2028 without amending the Constitution. A proposal only: no bill passed as of 2 Oct 2026.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/4/voter-turnout-hits-new-low-as-conservatives-dominate-irans-parliament", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "2024 precedent: nationwide first-round results released Mon 4 Mar 2024; 45 of 290 seats to a second round.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Iranian_legislative_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Previous election; English Wikipedia had no article for the 2028 election on 2 Oct 2026.", "check": null } ], "page_activity": [], "government": null, "results": [], "live_count": null, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/iran-legislative-2028#majlis" } ] }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-10-02.be7d6f40", "built_at": "2026-10-02T15:42:24Z", "generated_at": "2026-10-02T18:13:24.792Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Global Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }