October 1981 Iranian presidential election
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Registered22,687,017[1]
Turnout74.26%[1]
 
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 will 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

  1. ^ a b c "Second 1981 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
  2. ^ Candidates Voted For Khamenei (in Persian), 17 April 2017, retrieved 5 June 2017 – via Iranian History
  3. ^ 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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