Meanings of reformist candidates in English

Thousands of moderate and reformist candidates have been barred from standing in the elections.

This is especially true of supporters of reformist candidates.

Risking a nationalist backlash, the United States criticised Iran's parliamentary elections today as unfair because hardliners had banned reformist candidates.

A short campaign was overshadowed by a ban on most reformist candidates and a crackdown on pro-reform media amid apparent public indifference.

Mehdi Karroubi, one of the two reformist candidates defeated by Ahmadinejad in last summer's presidential race, was prevented from joining the Tehran rally.

The last bastions of parliamentary power held by former President Slobodan Milosevic's Socialist party are expected to fall to reformist candidates in Serbia's elections tomorrow.

Leading reformist candidates have refused to stand in Friday's vote, leaving rival hardline factions of the Supreme Leader and President Ahmadinejad to battle it out.

Last week, the Guardian Council disqualified more than 7,000 of the 12,000 parliamentary candidates, including almost all reformist candidates and many moderates.

Reformist candidates say the poll was rigged.