On the 29th of April 2016, second round of the Parliamentary elections were held in Iran to elect members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly for the 10th parliamentary election in the Islamic Republic era. This round took place only for the few constituencies where candidates had failed to obtain the required minimum 25 percent of votes. The elected MPs will serve from May 2016 to May 2020. About17 million citizens were eligible to vote on Friday and the event was held in 21 provinces, but not in Teheran, as reformists won all of the capital's 30 seats in the first round.  Reformist and moderate politicians allied with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani won most seats in this second-round, local media reported Saturday. Results show that of the 68 seats being contested, 33 had gone to the pro-Rouhani List of Hope (31 reformists and 2 moderates), while the conservatives gained only 21 more MPs. The remaining 14 seats went to independents. Thus the final results are a total of 119 seats swept by the reformist List of Hope, led by Mohammad Reza Aref,  then comes the conservative Principlists Grand Coalition under the leader Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel with 84 seats. The remaining seats go to minor independant lists.

Strongly contrasting with the first two-and-a-half years of his presidency, the results should give Rouhani a supportive parliament. Indeed, the outgoing conservative MPs blocked his attempted reforms several times and even impeached one of his ministers. Iran's reformists on the contrary encourage foreign investment, support a more carefully handled diplomatie and seek social change and fewer political restrictions in the private sphere.

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