1992 Iranian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 10 April 1992, with a second round on 8 May. The elections were the first parliamentary elections held in Iran since the death of Ayatollah Khomeini and during Ali Khamenei's leadership.

1992 Iranian legislative election
10 April and 8 May 1992
All 270 seats of Islamic Consultative Assembly
136 seats needed for a majority
Registered32,465,558
Turnout57.71
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Mehdi Karoubi
Party Combatant Clergy Association
and allies
 Association of Combatant Clerics
and allies
Alliance Right Left
Leader's seat Did not stand Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat (defeated)
Seats won 122≈150 40≈79
Speaker before election

Mehdi Karoubi
ACC

 Elected Speaker

Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
CCA

It marked a rivalry between the two main organizations at the time, the right-wing Combatant Clergy Association (supporters of President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani) and the left-wing Association of Combatant Clerics. The results marked a victory for the right-wingers who obtained an absolute majority with more than 70 percent of the seats.

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