In contrast with pre-revolutionary Iran, the Islamic Republic is a partial democracy, and people let off steam on polling day.The election's real and undisputed victor is the unelected supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is no friend of reform.
"There are all these unknown and unelected people who wield enormous influence over obscure topics.
IN MOST countries, ambitious generals and unelected governments have a poor track record of delivering democracy.
Blair relied on a tight circle of male colleagues and unelected women such as Anji Hunter and Sally Morgan.
Those decisions will be made by the government and unelected trusts.
There will be biographies in micro-detail, right down to midlevel state campaign consultants and unelected local political leaders.
They are indisputably members of that gilded, privileged and unelected set known as "the great and good".
The French "no longer want to be led by those outside our borders, by EU commissioners and unelected technocrats.
Cynicism about corrupt and unelected leaders is pervasive.
And unelected members of the House of Lords have vowed to fight us every step of the way.
