9th Islamic Consultative Assembly | |
Country: | Islamic Republic of Iran |
Meeting Place: | Baharestan |
Election: | 2 March and 4 May 2012 |
Before: | 8th |
After: | 10th |
Chamber1: | Islamic Consultative Assembly |
Membership1: | 290 |
Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | 1st Deputy |
Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | 2nd Deputy |
Chamber2: | Fractions |
Chamber2 Leader1 Type: | Rahrovan |
Chamber2 Leader1: | Kazem Jalali |
Chamber2 Leader2 Type: | Usulgarayan |
Chamber2 Leader2: | Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel |
Session2 End: | [1] |
Session3 End: | [2] |
Session4 End: | [3] |
The 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly (Persian: دوره نهم مجلس شورای اسلامی) was 33rd Parliament of Iran that commenced on 27 May 2012 following the legislative elections on 2 March and 4 May 2012 and was closed on 24 May 2016.
The parliament was dominated by the conservatives. There were two main parliamentary groups active during the term: The majority Followers of Wilayat (Rahrovan) led by Ali Larijani and chaired by Kazem Jalali, along with the minority Principlists fraction led by Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel. The latter was composed of more conservative groupings such as Paydari and Pathseekers, however Larijani's fraction was hostile towards President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In the first session Speaker election, Haddad-Adel lost to Larijani with 100 to 173 votes out of total 275.