Poll Results: 75% of Tehran residents will not participate in parliamentary elections

The head of the Institute of Social Studies at the University of Tehran announced that, based on the results of a survey, 24 percent of Tehran's people will participate in the elections.

Ahmad Naderi said on Saturday, February 16, that based on the results of a survey conducted in the first half of February, 24.2 percent of Tehran's people will participate in the elections.

According to a report by Fars News Agency, he added: "93 percent of people participating in the survey said they were not satisfied with the conditions and state of the country's management."

According to the Iranian Ministry of Interior, 57 million,918,159 people are eligible to vote in the 11th parliamentary elections, of which 2 million,931,000 will be voting for the first time.

After the November protests, a large group of protesters announced that they would boycott the parliamentary elections. Many political groups abroad have also boycotted the elections.

Meanwhile, 164 political and civil activists, in a statement titled "March Without a Vote," called on Iranian citizens to "defend their citizenship rights" by engaging in "civil disobedience" and not participating in the March elections.

Mohammad Reza Bahonar, a prominent figure among the conservatives, said that in the upcoming parliamentary elections, the conservatives have "no significant rivals" and that "if we don't lose to our weaknesses," these elections are "the playing field for the conservatives."

The reformists' Supreme Policy Council has previously announced the disqualification of 90 percent of their candidates in the parliamentary elections and announced that the fundamentalists currently hold 240 seats in the upcoming parliament.

However, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in his press conference on Sunday that, according to the Interior Ministry report, only 44 areas are not competitive.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said that all factions have submitted their electoral lists.

The fundamentalists have so far submitted nine lists for the elections. The Islamic Revolution Sustainability Front, the Revolutionary Forces Coalition Council, the Islamic Iran Jihadists Front, the People's Coalition of the List of Praisers (Hajj Mansour Arzi), the End of the Affair Coalition, the List of Experts of the House of Iran List, and the Justice-Promoting Parliament Movement have submitted lists that share some of their members.

Some fundamentalist groups have named Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as a possible speaker of the future parliament.

However, in some fundamentalist groups, including the Persistence Front and the list of eulogists, Mr. Qalibaf's name is not included.

Campaigning for the 11th term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections began on the morning of Thursday, February 14. The elections will be held on February 21.

Source: Radio Farda