The original date of the election was in June 2010 but Parliament of Iran voted to increase age of the councils from 4 to 7 years.

[7] Ministry of Interior have announced that election will be held by electoral vote in fourteen provinces.

Those who did not count as Principlist or Reformist, were Independents:[11] Fars News Agency also published a detailed report for province capitals, with the results as following:[1]

For the first time in Iran, Sepanta Niknam, a Zoroastrian citizen was elected to the city council of Yazd.

[12][13] In another unprecedented event, Samiyeh Balochzehi, a Baloch Sunni woman was elected as a mayor in Iran, by the council of Kalat in Sistan and Baluchestan province.