2001 Iranian presidential election
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Registered42,170,230
Turnout66.78%
 
Nominee Mohammad Khatami Ahmad Tavakkoli
Alliance 2nd of Khordad CCIRF
Popular vote 21,656,476 4,387,112
Percentage 78.28% 15.86%
Khatami's vote share by county
President before election

Mohammad Khatami
ACC

Elected President

Mohammad Khatami
ACC

Presidential elections were held in Iran on 8 June 2001 .The result was a victory for incumbent president Mohammad Khatami, who was re-elected for a second term.

Candidates

Although 814 candidates registered for the election,[1] including 25 women,[2] the Guardian Council reduced it to ten.

The final candidates were:[3][4]

Campaign

After the scandalous final two years of his term, Mohammad Khatami was expected to be elected by a much smaller margin than in 1997. His term was marred by the unlawful arrest of political activists, killings of Iranian dissidents, and closure of several Iranian newspapers. Though Khatami was still believed to win by a landslide, this oppression was thought to significantly impact his performance in the election.[5] Initially, Khatami had considered not running for reelection. But, after months of his supporters and party members pleading with him, he finally decided to declare his candidacy two months before the start of the election.[6] Central to Khatami's campaign were the issues of economic revival, job growth, and democratic reform. Khatami also sought to restore the austerity of the Iranian Revolution.[7] According to CNN, Khatami's aides described his campaign as a “referendum for reform”. [8] Most of Khatami's nine other challengers were independent conservatives, according to BBC. [9]

Results

CandidateVotes%
Mohammad Khatami21,656,47678.28
Ahmad Tavakkoli4,387,11215.86
Ali Shamkhani737,0512.66
Abdollah Jassbi259,7590.94
Mahmoud Kashani237,6600.86
Hassan Ghafourifard129,1550.47
Mansour Razavi114,6160.41
Shahabedin Sadr60,5460.22
Ali Fallahian55,2250.20
Mostafa Hashemitaba27,9490.10
Total27,665,549100.00
Valid votes27,665,54998.25
Invalid/blank votes493,7401.75
Total votes28,159,289100.00
Registered voters/turnout42,170,23066.78
Source: Sahliyeh[2] Ehteshami & Molavi

Turnout by province

Province Electorate Votes cast[a] Turnout
Ardabil 806,656 467,859 58.00%
East Azerbaijan 2,439,446 1,294,682 53.07%
West Azerbaijan 1,726,987 974,181 56.41%
Bushehr 512,382 365,099 71.26%
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 518,930 340,543 65.62%
Esfahan 2,852,882 1,735,814 60.84%
Fars 2,676,431 1,821,626 68.06%
Gilan 1,685,173 1,097,403 65.12%
Golestan 964,042 725,934 75.3%
Hamadan 1,179,237 743,372 63.04%
Hormozgan 695,182 530,336 76.29%
Ilam 325,224 250,759 77.1%
Kerman 1,411,555 998,371 70.73%
Kermanshah 1,243,128 790,685 63.6%
Khorasan 4,129,936 3,124,814 75.66%
Khuzestan 2,487,136 1,474,820 59.3%
Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad 353,054 270,417 76.59%
Kurdistan 910,364 486,596 53.45%
Lorestan 1,080,763 702,936 65.04%
Markazi 883,979 565,018 63.92%
Mazandaran 1,900,246 1,302,654 68.55%
Qazvin 670,614 500,917 74.7%
Qom 555,944 428,005 76.99%
Semnan 366,427 285,964 78.04%
Sistan and Baluchestan 1,001,596 702,444 70.13%
Tehran 7,643,471 5,202,274 68.06%
Yazd 525,981 468,982 89.16%
Zanjan 623,464 429,389 68.87%
Total 42,170,230 28,081,894 66.59%
Source: Iran Statistical Yearbook

Notes

  1. ^ Excluding overseas voters

References

  1. ^ "2001 Presidential Election", Iran Data Portal
  2. ^ a b Sahliyeh, Emile (2002). "The Reforming Elections in Iran, 2000–2001". Electoral Studies. 21 (3). Elsevier: 526–533. doi:10.1016/S0261-3794(01)00041-5.
  3. ^ Muir, Jim (1 June 2001). "Iran election: People and policies". BBC. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Iran's Presidential Candidates". The Associated Press. The Washington Post. 5 June 2001. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. ^ Esfandiari, Haleh (2002). An Assessment of the Iranian Presidential Elections. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. p. 1.
  6. ^ Esfandiari, Haleh (2002). An Assessment of the Iranian Presidential Elections. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. p. 2.
  7. ^ Esfandiari, Haleh (2002). An Assessment of the Iranian Presidential Elections. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. pp. 2, 3.
  8. ^ "Presidential election in Iran".
  9. ^ "Iran election: People and policies".


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