2008 Assembly of Experts by-election in Tehran province

A by-election was held on 14 March 2008 for the vacant seat of the Assembly of Experts in Tehran Province, caused by death of Ali Meshkini who held office as chairman of the assembly.^[1] It was held along with the 2008 Iranian legislative election.^[1]

2008 Tehran Province by-election

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The vacant seat to the Assembly of Experts
Candidate Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Mohammad-Ali Amin Party Combatant Clergy Association — Popular vote 1,445,554 343,825 Percentage 50.22% 11.94%
Subsequent Member Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani

The seat was won by conservative Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, the secretary-general of Combatant Clergy Association, who was endorsed by Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom in addition to his own organization. The parliamentary electoral alliance United Front of Principlists also supported him.^[1]

The candidate supported by the reformists ended up in the third place.

Result

#	Candidate	Electoral list				Votes	%	Notes
		CCA	SST	UFP	RC
1	Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani	Y	Y	Y		1,445,554	50.22	Elected
2	Mohammad-Ali Amin					343,825	11.94	Defeated
3	Mohammad Sajjadi Ata-Abadi				Y	167,396	5.82
4	Ahmad Mousavi-Vadeghani					111,745	3.88
Blank/Invalid Votes						809,891	28.14
Total Votes						2,878,411	100
Source: IRNA / E'temad newspaper