Press TV - Nominees qualified by the Guardian Council to run at Iran�s upcoming parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections have�started their electoral campaigns eight days before the voting begins.

The campaigns officially started at 00:00 Thursday (20:30 GMT, Wednesday), and the candidates will have one week to win the people�s support for their candidacy.

The 11th parliamentary elections and the midterm elections for the Assembly of Experts � a body whose members designate the country�s Leader � are to be held simultaneously on February 21.

The candidates will have until Wednesday night to promote themselves, and after that, there will be a 24-hour silence�until the voting begins on Friday morning.

The elections, held every four years, are scheduled to take place on February 21. A second round could take place in the second month of the next year on the solar calendar (April 20-May 20, 2020) if some seats remain vacant.

Last year, Iran's Majlis (parliament) objected to a motion to increase the number of the seats, keeping the figure at 290.

A total of 57,918,000 people are eligible to cast their ballots, therefore; there would be one lawmaker at Majlis per each 190,000-strong segment of the Iranian population.