Qom province is a religious and politically conservative place,[1] with most voters supportive of the principlist tendency.
Active parties
As of October 2015, there are 22 political organizations active in Qom province.[2] Both Principlist and Reformist camps are active in the province. Conservative Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom is the most prominent political organization headquartered in Qom. Its reformist rival, Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers, is also based in Qom.
Qom serves as the main ideologic base of the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability (its spiritual leader, Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi also resides in Qom), which tends to dominate its political arena with concentration on ethnic issues, according to some spectators.[3][4] Islamic Coalition Party and Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader have active branches in the province.[5]
Provincial affiliates of NEDA Party, Democracy Party, Union of Islamic Iran People Party and Islamic Labour Party are among reformist organizations of the province, which has also a reformist "policymaking council".[5]
Election results
| Year | Top Candidate | Votes | % | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ebrahim Raisi | 350,269 | 57.28 | 21.39 |
| 2013 | Hassan Rouhani | 201,677 | 37.06 | 14.78 |
| 2009 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 422,457 | 70.52 | 45.73 |
| 2005 (II) | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 352,019 | 72.90 | 47.93 |
| 2005 (I) | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 256,110 | 55.15 | 31.70 |
| 2001 | Mohammad Khatami | 255,855 | 59.78 | |
| 1997 | Mohammad Khatami | 58.7 | 25.8 |
Parliament
Qom has one constituency with three seats, all occupied by principlists.
City councils
In Qom's City Council, 19 out of 21 members are principlist and the other two are independent.[6]
Current officeholders
- Representative of the Supreme Leader
- Mohammad Saeidi (Conservative)
- Governor
- Parliament
- Ahmad Amirabadi (Conservative)
- Ali Larijani (Conservative)
- Mojtaba Zonnour (Conservative)
- Assembly of Experts
- Mohammad Momen (Conservative)
References
- ^ Peter Kenyon (25 February 2016). "In Iran's Religious Heartland, An Enduring Distrust Of The US". NPR. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "نشست هم‌اندیشی مسئولان احزاب و تشکل‌های سیاسی قم برگزار شد" (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. October 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "استراتژی اصلاح‌طلبان قم، شکست افراطی‌های جبهه پایداری است" (in Persian). Iranian Labour News Agency. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "تلاش جبهه پایداری برای نفوذ در شهر اعتدال/ مقابله با لاریجانی هدف اصلی تندروها در قم" (in Persian). Khabaronline. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ a b "نشست مهمترین دغدغه های نمایندگان احزاب سیاسی در قم/ تقدیر از برگزاری انتخابات باشکوه هفتم اسفندماه" (in Persian). Islamic Republic News Agency. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "سهم گروه‌های سیاسی از چهارمین انتخابات شورای شهر در تهران و ۸ شهر بزرگ" (in Persian). Khabar Online. July 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2015.