Feasibility of the Desired Pattern of Zoning the Parliament Elections of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor, Law Department, Faculty of Law & Social Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

2 Ph.D. Student in Public Law, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

Speaking about Iran’s Parliament elections, there are different election zones where in some, several neighbouring cities form a separate zone. In urban planning, there are problems such as the high impact of ethnic and religious prejudices. To avoid these problems, some lawyers have proposed a provincial zoning system. This may reduce the impact of those factors and will lead to having more experienced people as parliament members however, it makes it less possible for people to get to know the candidates and reduces people's contact with members of parliament. In this research using the descriptive-analytical method, the main question that will be answered is: what is the best solution for zoning the elections of the Islamic Parliament of Iran? The research findings seek to provide an innovative method in this regard. A new and innovative solution in the field of parliamentary elections has been presented with the title: "city-regional zoning". As the total number of current members of parliament increases by 40, constituencies to regions that include several neighbouring provinces are allocated to them. The new seats will be divided almost equally among the country's 80 million population, and several neighbouring provinces will have a number of regional representatives in addition to the current city representatives in proportion to their total population of the entire country.

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  • Receive Date: 10 May 2021
  • Revise Date: 22 May 2021
  • Accept Date: 26 June 2021

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