# Astara (electoral district)

Astara is an electoral district in the Gilan Province in Iran. This electoral district has 86,575 population and elects 1 member of parliament.

## Elections
### 1st term

MP in 1980 from the electorate of Astara. (1st) (Run-off)
* Mohammad Farzpour Machiani

### 2nd term

MP in 1984 from the electorate of Astara. (2nd) (Run-off)
* Esmaeil Ahani

### 3rd term

MP in 1988 from the electorate of Astara. (3rd)
* Mohammad Farzpour Machiani

### 4th term

MP in 1992 from the electorate of Astara. (4th)
* Shapour Marhaba

### 5th term

MP in 1997 from the electorate of Astara. (5th) (By-election)
* Shapour Marhaba

### 6th term

MP in 2000 from the electorate of Astara. (6th)
* Hassan Zahmatkesh

### 7th term

MP in 2004 from the electorate of Astara. (7th)
* Shapour Marhaba

### 8th term

MP in 2008 from the electorate of Astara. (8th)
* Farhad Dalghpoush
2008 Iranian legislative election :
| # | Candidate | Affiliation | Affiliation | Votes | % |
| 1 | Farhad Dalghpoush | | Moderation and Development Party | 18,269 | 42.09 |
| 2 | Shapour Marhaba (inc.) | | Principlists Pervasive Coalition | 13,462 | 31.02 |
| 3 | Alireza Nemati | | United Front of Principlists | 5,994 | 13.81 |
| 4 | Safar Naeimi | | Iranian specialists Association | 4,493 | 10.35 |
| 5 | Shahram Vaseli | | Unlisted | 809 | 1.86 |
| 6 | Akbar Nooripour | | Unlisted | 64 | 0.15 |
| 7 | Khosrow Shahin | | Unlisted | 47 | 0.11 |
| Blank Votes | Blank Votes | Blank Votes | Blank Votes | 263 | 0.61 |
| Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 43,401 | 43,401 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79.3% | 79.3% |

### 9th term

MP in 2012 from the electorate of Astara. (9th)
* Safar Naeimi
2012 Iranian legislative election :
| # | Candidate | Affiliation | Affiliation | Affiliation | Affiliation | Votes | % |
| 1 | Safar Naeimi | | | | Unlisted (Principlist) | 24,062 | 48.93 |
| 2 | Meysam Zarebnia | | | | Unlisted (Reformist) | 12,149 | 24.71 |
| 3 | Alireza Nemati | | | | United/Stability/Resistance Fronts | 10,402 | 21.15 |
| 4 | Asgar Ghani | | | | Unlisted | 1,190 | 2.42 |
| Blank Votes | Blank Votes | Blank Votes | Blank Votes | Blank Votes | Blank Votes | 1,371 | 2.79 |
| Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 49,174 | 49,174 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 93.3% | 93.3% |

### 10th term

MP in 2016 from the electorate of Astara. (10th)
* Vali Dadashi
2016 Iranian legislative election :
| # | Candidate | Affiliation | Affiliation | Affiliation | Votes | % |
| 1 | Vali Dadashi | | | Unlisted | 14,173 | 27.86 |
| 2 | Gholamreza Marhaba | | | PGC / FFLIL | 10,608 | 20.85 |
| 3 | Jalil Kariminejad | | | Unlisted (Principlist) | 6,625 | 13.02 |
| 4 | Bakhtiar Heydarnia | | | FPD / MDP | 5,786 | 11.37 |
| 5 | Meysam Zarebnia | | | Unlisted (Reformist) | 3,160 | 6.21 |
| 6 | Alireza Nemati | | | Unlisted (Principlist) | 2,931 | 5.76 |
| 7 | Dariush Heshmat | | | Unlisted | 1,749 | 3.44 |
| 8 | Keyvan Asadpour | | | Unlisted (Reformist) | 1,607 | 3.17 |
| 9 | Hossein Dehzadegan | | | Unlisted | 1,155 | 2.27 |
| 10 | Sakhavat Soleimannejad | | | Unlisted | 726 | 1.43 |
| 11 | Sirous Fayyazi | | | Unlisted | 501 | 0.98 |
| 12 | Rezvan Daryabian | | | Unlisted | 324 | 0.64 |
| 13 | Bahman Ebrahimi | | | Unlisted | 247 | 0.49 |
| 14 | Masoud Tarrari | | | Unlisted | 72 | 0.14 |
| 15 | Asgar Ghani | | | Unlisted | 65 | 0.13 |
| Blank Votes | Blank Votes | Blank Votes | Blank Votes | Blank Votes | 1,137 | 2.24 |
| Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 50,866 | 50,866 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 82.89% | 82.89% |
* ↑ He was endorsed from MDP but not endorsed from List of Hope.