Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh

Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh
Member-elect of the Iranian Parliament
In office
Died before taking office
Preceded byMehdi Davatgari
Succeeded byAli Jalili
ConstituencyMaragheh and Ajabshir
Majority50,980 (54.37%)
Personal details
Born
Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh

(1977-03-21)March 21, 1977
Maragheh, Iran
DiedMay 7, 2016(2016-05-07) (aged 39)
Freeway two 63 km, Iran
Alma materUniversity of Tehran[1]
OccupationProfessor, politician

Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh (Persian: محمدعلی حسین‌زاده; 21 March 1977 – 7 May 2016) was an Iranian principlist politician who was elected as the representative of Maragheh and Ajabshir electoral district in the 2016 Iranian legislative election.[1]

2016 election

In the first round of the elections, the Principlists Grand Coalition listed no candidate in Maragheh and Ajabshir district[2] because there were two Principlist candidates contesting against each other, incumbent Mehdi Davatgari (supported by United Front of Principlists in 2012 election)[3] and Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh.[4] The List of Hope chose to declare "silence", meaning they were not endorsing any candidate.[5] People's Voice listed Davatgari,[6] while Front of Prudence and Development supported Hosseinzadeh.[7]

1st Round[8]
# Candidate Votes %
1 Mehdi Davatgari (incumbent) 29,066 20.46
2 Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh 26,512 18.66
3 Saeed Mohammadi 22,047 15.52
4 Bolud Soleimani 20,078 14.33
5 Khosrow Sadr-Haghighi 12,341 8.68
.. Other Candidates
Blank or Invalid Votes 11,765 8.28
Total Votes 153,820

In the second round, List of Hope supported Davatgari.[9]

2nd Round[10]
# Candidate Votes %
1 Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh 50,980 54.37
2 Mehdi Davatgari (incumbent) 39,568 42.20
Blank or Invalid Votes 3,208 3.42
Total Votes 93,756

Controversy

On 27 April 2016, speaking in a meeting with construction workers of Maragheh at the city's Pasdaran square, he called himself soldier of the Supreme Leader and said: "Do not vote for capitalists. I'm not afraid of them. I'll bring them to you the way you can rape them...". "No one has the guts to say these things [that I'm saying, because] he will be given the hell, but I will take the the [sic] officials' pants off. No one can't say a word to me, because they know that anyone who breaks the law, [I] will give him hell...", "Let them kill us, they kill [me] and someone will replace me. Let them eat shit!", he added. The markings was filmed with cellphones and vent viral on social media after he was elected.[11]

Hosseinzadeh's funeral in Parliament's building, Tehran

Death

At 5:45 am, 7 May 2016, Hosseinzadeh died in a car accident while driving his Peugeot Pars on the Qazvin–Zanjan road en route from his hometown to Tehran. According to Iranian Traffic Police officials, the car overturned because "the driver was sleepy". The other four passengers survived the accident.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Principlists lost one of their members of Parliament" (in Persian). Islamic Republic News Agency. 7 May 2016. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Final list of "Principlists Grand Coalition" nationwide" (in Persian). Tasnim News Agency. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Absolute Victory of United Front of Principlists in the 9th Parliament" (in Persian). Khabaronline. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Why Principlists candidate in Maragheh was not introduced?" (in Persian). Dana.ir. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Final Names of the "Second Step" candidates is declared nationwide" (in Persian). Official Website of the List of Hope. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Final list of "People's Voice" candidates in Tehran and some other Electoral Districts" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Final list of Front of Prudence and Development nationwide was declared". Iranian Labour News Agency (in Persian). 24 February 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Two candidates of Maragheh and Ajabshir district went to round 2" (in Persian). Islamic Republic News Agency. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  9. ^ ""List of Hope" Finalized For the Second Round" (in Persian). Official Website of the List of Hope. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh became representative of Maragheh and Ajabshir in 10th Parliament" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Offensive words of a members of Parliament who won in 2nd round" (in Persian). Khabaronline. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.