2018 Iranian General Election

2018 Iranian General Election

2013 ← 3 November, 2018 → 2021

All 499 Seats of the Iranian Majlis 250 Seats needed for a Majority seats needed for a majority Turnout 93%   First party Second party   Leader Chrisjen Avasarala Howard Talqanisi Party National Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 16 August 2018 6 January 2016 Leader's seat Tehran North Hythe Last election 254 240 Seats before 254 238 Seats won 311 188 Seat change 57 54 Popular vote 97,782,094 81,189,428 Percentage 46.5% 38.6% Swing 8.5% 6.2% TPP 55.8% 44.2% TPP Swing 5.4% 5.4%

The Iranian General Election of 2018 resulted in a landslide victory for the Iranian Labor Party led by Chrisjen Avasarala who took over in the wake of the resignation of popular Xavier Torezah. Torezah resigned after the loss of his son and wife in a failed assassination attempt on his life. His Foreign Minister, Chrisjen Avasarala became Prime Minister after being elected Leader of the NLP unopposed. In this election, Avasarala was elected after successfully portraying herself as the only successor to the popular Torezah, the major issues at this election were Climate Change and Iran's role as the world's fourth largest polluter in it, housing and its inaffordability in major cities and how Iran would spend its 189bn Toman surplus.

After the defeat, Howard Talqanisi resigned as leader of the Liberal Democrats to be succeeded by Emrys Taghdian. This election was remarkable for the resilience of the NLP's majority and success in increasing its majority into traditionally conservative areas in Syria and Iraq.