The Election Petitions of the Twenty-First National Consultative Assembly: An Analytical Survey

Document Type : Research Paper

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Assistant Professor, Department of History, Research Institute of Imam Khomeini and Islamic Revolution, Tehran, I. R. Iran

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the content of election petitions of the twenty-first National Consultative Assembly.
Method and Research Design: In order to distinguish the writers and the addressees of the petitions, and their contents, election petitions of eighteen constituencies were investigated using content analysis.
Findings and conclusions: The investigations clarified that a number of petitions were written before the election with the purpose of supporting a candidate and the addressees were the high-ranking authorities of the country, whereas the others were written after the election by the unsuccessful candidates or their political campaigns and the addressees were the board of control of the election, authorities of The Ministry of Interior and The National Consultative Assembly, The Royal Court and the King. The style and wording of the texts was in conformity with the current condition and discourse of the country and His Majesty’s wishes.

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    • Box 38, File holder number 1, Folder 1, Ābādeh (Abadeh) election file.
    • Box 40, File holder number 40, Folder 1, Abhar (Abhar) election file.
    • Box 52, File holder number 15, Folder 1, Estahbānāt va Neyriz (Estahbanat and Neyriz) election file.
    • Box 76, File holder number 39, Folder 1, Behšahr (Behshar) election file.
    • Box 61, File holder number 24, Folder 1, Bāft (Baft) election file.
    • Box 72, File holder number 35, Folder 1, Bušehr (Boushehr) election file.
    • Box 102, File holder number 65, Folder 1, Damāvand va Firuzkuh (Damavand and Firouzkouh) election file.
    • Box 123, File holder number 86, Folder 1, Sanandaj (Sanandaj) election file.
    • Box 127, File holder number 90, Folder 1, Šāhrud (Shahroud) election file.
    • Box 135, File holder number 98, Folder 1, Šahr-e Rey (Shahr-e Rey) election file.
    • Box 136, File holder number 99, Folder 1, Šahr-e Kord (Shahr-e Kord) election file.
    • Box 130, File holder number 93, Folder 1, Šemirānāt (Shemiranat) election file.
    • Box 132, File holder number 95, Folder 1, Šuštar (Shoushtar) election file.
    • Box 147, File holder number 110, Folder 1, Firuzābād (Firouzabad) election file.
    • Box 153, File holder number 116, Folder 1, Kāzerun (Kazeroun) election file.
    • Box 166, File holder number 129, Folder 1, Lārestān (Larestan) election file.
    • Box 175, File holder number 138, Folder 1, Marand (Marand) election file.
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