October 1981 Iranian presidential election
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Registered | 22,687,017[1] |
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Turnout | 74.26%[1] |
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| | | Nominee | Ali Khamenei | Ali-Akbar Parvaresh | | Party | IRP | Independent | Alliance | Grand Coalition | — | Popular vote | 16,007,072 | 341,841 | Percentage | 97.1 % | 2.1% | |
President before election Mohammad-Ali Rajai IRP | Elected President Ali Khamenei IRP | |
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 2 October 1981, after the assassination of Mohammad-Ali Rajai, the previous President of Iran, during the interim premiership of Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani. It led to the uncontested victory of Ali Khamenei.
Campaign
Candidates Ali Akbar Parvaresh, Hassan Ghafourifard and Reza Zavare'i publicly endorsed Khamenei for president, stating they would vote for him on television.[2]
Results
October 1981 Iranian presidential election |
Party | Candidate | Nohen et al[3] | ISSDP[1] |
Votes | % | Votes | % |
| Islamic Republican Party | Ali Khamenei | 16,007,072 | 95.01 | 16,008,579 | 95.05 |
| Islamic Republican Party | Ali Akbar Parvaresh | 341,841 | 2.03 | 341,874 | 2.02 |
| Islamic Republican Party | Hassan Ghafourifard | 75,658 | 0.45 | 80,545 | 0.48 |
| Islamic Republican Party | Reza Zavare'i | 62,156 | 0.37 | 59,058 | 0.35 |
Blank or invalid votes | 360,269 | 2.14 | 357,661 | 2.12 |
Totals | 16,846,996 | 100 | 16,847,717 | 100 |
References
- ^ a b c "Second 1981 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
- ^ Candidates Voted For Khamenei (in Persian), 17 April 2017, retrieved 5 June 2017 – via Iranian History
- ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
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