11 February	Candidates allowed to start campaign Note that parties were allowed to introduce themselves before that date.
17 February	Campaigning must stop. No candidate allowed any activity aimed at attracting more votes after midnight on 16 February.
18 February	First round of elections takes place
Time unspecified	Counting votes and verifying results of first round The Ministry of Interior counts the votes cast during the first round. The actual counting is done rather efficiently, however the Guardian Council must also validate the results. Some candidates may be disqualified at this stage, for example, if someone proves that they engaged in campaigning activity on 17 February. There could also be a case where the votes in a certain districts are nullified, should there be proof of foul play. An example could be the presence of an unauthorized person who volunteers to help the illiterate vote at a certain booth. One can expect 95% of the votes cast to have no problems passing this stage, if previous experience is to serve as a guide. A candidate must secure 25% of cast votes in his/her district in order to progress directly to Majlis. Iran Focus expects about 50% of the 6th Majlis seats to be filled directly from the first round. As for the rest, in each district, top vote getters for double the number of remaining seats progress to the second round. That is, if a certain district has 10 seats in total, and 3 persons achieve the 25% bar and win parliamentary seats directly from the first round, 14 runners up (7x2), will have to go to the second round.
Time unspecified	Second round of elections The above counting and validation process at minimum would take 2 weeks to complete. If that time frame is met, which really depends on whether or not there are any discrepancies that require re-votes, we can expect the second round to take place within 3 weeks from the first round voting date. However, if that time frame is not met, the Iranian New Year (20 March) and the holiday season would mean that the second round will take place sometime in April.
Time unspecified	Final results of the elections are announced It is also worth noting that the counting and validation of the second round takes much less time, since not only there are many less candidates, but also simple majority is what gets a candidate into Majlis.
31 May	Last day that the 5th Majlis is in session The outgoing Majlis’ function will not change will not change until this day. In fact, the 5th Majlis must finish a number of very significant agendas, such as finalizing the new Budget, which must be done before the Iranian New Year (20 March). The outgoing parliament is usually a bit slow around elections simply because many MPs are busy with their campaigns. But one should be aware that the 5th Majlis still has its full powers. “I would not be surprised if in the last days of its existence the 5th Majlis tries to pass a popular law, such as one that would change the foreign investment regime in Iran, just so they could go down in history,” comments Bijan Khajehpour, managing director of Atieh Bahar Consulting and a leading Iran political analyst.
1 June	6th Majlis convenes / Selection of temporary chairmanship On the first day that the new Majlis is in session, it must elect a temporary chairmanship, a 7-member body that includes a temporary speaker, 3 deputy speakers, a press secretary, and 2 others. The first task of this temporary body is to review the credentials of all MPs. Among the most undemocratic parts of the parliamentary election process in Iran is that the majority of MPs can actually reject the credentials of certain elected representatives of the people during this process. Naturally, they need to have a good reason for such an act and there were no rejections of this kind during the 5th Majlis, but it is within the powers of the parliament to do so.
Unspecified time	Approval of MPs credentials / Selection of chairmanship The temporary chairmanship usually completes the above-described process in a matter of 1 week to 10 days. Then, the approved Majlis votes for its regular chairmanship. Up to now, the elected speaker has not differed from the temporary one. It is also important to note that this vote takes place every year, and that the entire chairmanship, including the speaker, must be voted in again annually.