{ "id": "ir-political-parties", "name": "Iran — Political Parties", "title": "Iran — Political Parties", "description": "Political parties of Iran from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).", "category": "politics", "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata", "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata", "updated": "2026-04", "record_count": 34, "columns": [ { "key": "partyfacts_id", "label": "Partyfacts Id", "type": "number" }, { "key": "name_short", "label": "Name Short", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name", "label": "Name", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name_english", "label": "Name English", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name_other", "label": "Name Other", "type": "string" }, { "key": "year_first", "label": "Year First", "type": "number" }, { "key": "year_last", "label": "Year Last", "type": "number" }, { "key": "share", "label": "Share", "type": "number" }, { "key": "share_year", "label": "Share Year", "type": "number" }, { "key": "wikipedia", "label": "Wikipedia", "type": "string" }, { "key": "description", "label": "Description", "type": "string" }, { "key": "comment", "label": "Comment", "type": "string" }, { "key": "technical", "label": "Technical", "type": "string" } ], "rows": [ { "partyfacts_id": 5803, "name_short": "RP", "name": "Rastakhiz Party of People of Iran‎‎", "name_english": "Rastakhiz Party", "name_other": "Persian: حزب رستاخیز ملت ایران", "year_first": 1975, "year_last": 1979, "share": 100, "share_year": 1975, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurgence_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5802, "name_short": "IRP", "name": "Islamic Republican Party", "name_english": "Islamic Republican Party", "name_other": "Persian: حزب جمهوری اسلامی‎,", "year_first": 1979, "year_last": 1987, "share": 100, "share_year": 1980, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republican_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6650, "name_short": "INP", "name": "Iran Novin Party", "name_english": "Iran Novin Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1963, "year_last": 1975, "share": 93, "share_year": 1971, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Novin_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6875, "name_short": "IIPF", "name": "Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami", "name_english": "Islamic Iran Participation Front", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1998, "year_last": 2009, "share": 74.5, "share_year": 2000, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Iran_Participation_Front", "description": "216 of 290 seats in 2000 Iranian legislative election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5358, "name_short": "OG", "name": "Osul-Garâyân", "name_english": "Principlists / Iranian Conservatives", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1996, "year_last": "", "share": 62.8, "share_year": 2008, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Principlists", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6053, "name_short": "Abadgaran", "name": "E'telāf-e Ābādgarān-e Īrān-e Eslāmī", "name_english": "Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran / Abadgaran", "name_other": "Persian: ائتلاف آبادگران ایران اسلامی / Persian: آبادگران‎", "year_first": 2003, "year_last": "", "share": 61.7, "share_year": 2005, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_of_Builders_of_Islamic_Iran", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7263, "name_short": "DPI", "name": "Ḥezb-e Demowkrāt-e Irān", "name_english": "Democrat Party of Iran", "name_other": "Persian: حزب دموکرات ایران", "year_first": 1946, "year_last": 1948, "share": 57.1, "share_year": 1947, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_of_Iran", "description": "80 of 140 seats in 1947 Iranian legislative election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6871, "name_short": "Melliyun", "name": "Ḥezb-e Melliun", "name_english": "Nationalists’ Party", "name_other": "Persian: حزب ملیون", "year_first": 1957, "year_last": 1963, "share": 52.2, "share_year": 1956, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalists’_Party", "description": "71 of 136 seats in 1956 Iranian legislative election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5359, "name_short": "JRM", "name": "Jāme'e-ye Rowhāniyyat-e Mobārez", "name_english": "Combatant Clergy Association", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1977, "year_last": "", "share": 40.7, "share_year": 1996, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combatant_Clergy_Association", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4738, "name_short": "Mardom", "name": "Mardom Party", "name_english": "People's Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1956, "year_last": 1971, "share": 32.5, "share_year": 1961, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Iran)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6874, "name_short": "RMT", "name": "Ruhdniyun-e Mobarez-e Tehran", "name_english": "Combatant Clerics of Tehran", "name_other": "Persian: مجمع روحانیون مبارز‎", "year_first": 1988, "year_last": "", "share": 29.6, "share_year": 1966, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Combatant_Clerics", "description": "80 of 270 seats in 1996 Iranian legislative election", "comment": "Not to be confused with Combatant Clergy Association", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5360, "name_short": "SIC", "name": "Kdrgozdrdn-e Sdzandegi", "name_english": "Servants of Iran's Construction", "name_other": "Persian: حزب کارگزاران سازندگی ایران", "year_first": 1996, "year_last": "", "share": 29.6, "share_year": 1996, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executives_of_Construction_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6322, "name_short": "Reformist", "name": "Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front", "name_english": "Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front", "name_other": "Persian: شورای هماهنگی جبهه اصلاحات", "year_first": 1999, "year_last": "", "share": 25.9, "share_year": 2012, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_for_Coordinating_the_Reforms_Front", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7264, "name_short": "HEM", "name": "Ḥezb-e Ettehād-e Mellī", "name_english": "National Union Party", "name_other": "Persian: حزب اتحاد ملی", "year_first": 1944, "year_last": 1947, "share": 25, "share_year": 1947, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_Party_(Iran)", "description": "35 of 140 seats in 1947 Iranian legislative election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7265, "name_short": "HEM", "name": "Ḥezb-e Erāda-ye Mellī", "name_english": "National Will Party", "name_other": "Persian: حزب اراده ملی‎", "year_first": 1943, "year_last": 1951, "share": 19.1, "share_year": 1943, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Will_Party", "description": "26 of 136 seats in 1943–1944 Iranian legislative election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7266, "name_short": "HE", "name": "Ḥezb-e ʿEdālat", "name_english": "Justice Party", "name_other": "Persian: حزب عدالت", "year_first": 1941, "year_last": 1946, "share": 11, "share_year": 1943, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Party_(Iran)", "description": "15 of 136 seats in 1943–1944 Iranian legislative election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6872, "name_short": "FMI/LMI", "name": "Nahżat-e āzādi-e Irān", "name_english": "Freedom Movement of Iran / Liberation Movement of Iran", "name_other": "Persian: نهضت آزادی ايران‎", "year_first": 1961, "year_last": "", "share": 8.2, "share_year": 1979, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Movement_of_Iran", "description": "6 of 73 seats in 1979 Iranian Constitutional Convention election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4740, "name_short": "Tudeh", "name": "Tudeh Party of Iran / Party of the Masses of Iran / Communist Party", "name_english": "Tudeh Party of Iran", "name_other": "Persian: حزب توده ایران‎‎ Hezb-e Tudeh Iran", "year_first": 1941, "year_last": "", "share": 7, "share_year": 1943, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudeh_Party_of_Iran", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5166, "name_short": "UFP", "name": "Jabhah-e Muttahid-e Uṣūlgarāyān", "name_english": "United Front of Principlists", "name_other": "Persian: جبههٔ متحد اصولگرایان‎‎,", "year_first": 2008, "year_last": 2015, "share": 6.1, "share_year": 2012, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Front_of_Principlists", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4739, "name_short": "Front", "name": "National Front of Iran", "name_english": "National Front of Iran", "name_other": "Persian: جبهه‌ی ملی ایران‎‎ Jebhe Melli Irân", "year_first": 1949, "year_last": 1981, "share": 5.9, "share_year": 1950, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Front_%28Iran%29", "description": "8 of 136 seats in 1950", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6873, "name_short": "MPRP/IPRP", "name": "Ḥezb-e jomhuri-e ḵalq-e mosalmān-e Irān", "name_english": "Muslim People's Republic Party / Islamic People's Republican Party", "name_other": "Persian: حزب جمهوری خلق مسلمان ایران", "year_first": 1979, "year_last": 1980, "share": 5.5, "share_year": 1979, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_People%27s_Republic_Party", "description": "4 of 73 seats in 1979 Iranian Constitutional Convention election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5173, "name_short": "JP", "name": "Jebheye Paydari", "name_english": "Steadfast Front", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2012, "year_last": 2012, "share": 2.6, "share_year": 2012, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7818, "name_short": "ICP", "name": "ḥezb-e moʾtalefe-ye eslāmi", "name_english": "Islamic Coalition Party", "name_other": "Persian: حزب مؤتلفه اسلامی", "year_first": 1963, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Coalition_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7819, "name_short": "SDIR", "name": "Jam`iyat-e Isargaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami", "name_english": "Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution", "name_other": "Persian: جمعیت ایثارگران انقلاب اسلامی", "year_first": 1995, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Devotees_of_the_Islamic_Revolution", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7816, "name_short": "MDP", "name": "Hezb-e E'tedāl va Towse'eh", "name_english": "Moderation and Development Party", "name_other": "Persian: حزب اعتدال و توسعه", "year_first": 1999, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderation_and_Development_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7814, "name_short": "NTP", "name": "Ḥezb-e Eʿtemād-e Mellī", "name_english": "National Trust Party", "name_other": "Persian: حزب اعتماد ملی", "year_first": 2005, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_Party_(Iran)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7820, "name_short": "SPIR", "name": "Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution", "name_english": "Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution", "name_other": "Persian: جمعيت رهپويان انقلاب اسلامی", "year_first": 2008, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Pathseekers_of_the_Islamic_Revolution", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7821, "name_short": "FIRS", "name": "Jebha-ye pāydārī-e enqelāb-e eslāmī", "name_english": "Front of Islamic Revolution Stability", "name_other": "Persian: جبههٔ پایداری انقلاب اسلامی", "year_first": 2011, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_of_Islamic_Revolution_Stability", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7568, "name_short": "PV", "name": "People's Voice", "name_english": "People's Voice / Nation's Voice / Voice of Nation Coalition", "name_other": "Persian: ائتلاف صدای ملت", "year_first": 2012, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Voice_(Iran)", "description": "There is no available information on Wikipedia for the components of the alliance", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7815, "name_short": "UIIPP", "name": "Union of Islamic Iran People Party", "name_english": "Union of Islamic Iran People Party", "name_other": "Persian: حزب اتحاد ملت ایران اسلامی", "year_first": 2015, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Islamic_Iran_People_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7817, "name_short": "IP", "name": "Osul-Garâyân", "name_english": "Iranian Principlists", "name_other": "Persian: اصول‌گرایان", "year_first": 2016, "year_last": 2016, "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Principlists", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7567, "name_short": "PCR", "name": "Pervasive Coalition of Reformists: The Second Step", "name_english": "Pervasive Coalition of Reformists: The Second Step", "name_other": "Persian: ائتلاف فراگير اصلاح‌طلبان: گام دوم‎", "year_first": 2016, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervasive_Coalition_of_Reformists", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7566, "name_short": "PGC", "name": "Principlists Grand Coalition", "name_english": "Principlists Grand Coalition", "name_other": "Persian: ائتلاف بزرگ اصول‌گرایان", "year_first": 2016, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principlists_Grand_Coalition", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7569, "name_short": "PGC", "name": "Principlists Grand Coalition", "name_english": "Principlists Grand Coalition", "name_other": "Persian: ائتلاف بزرگ اصول‌گرایان", "year_first": 2016, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principlists_Grand_Coalition", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" } ], "meta": { "title": "Iran — Political Parties - Free Download", "description": "Political parties of Iran from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 34 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "Iran — Political Parties | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download Iran — Political Parties dataset with 34 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "key_takeaways": [ "Contains 34 records with 13 fields", "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats", "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata" ] } }