Iranian presidential election, July 1981

Iranian presidential election, 1981
Iran
24 July 1981
 
Nominee Mohammad-Ali Rajai Abbas Sheibani
Party IRP Independent
Popular vote 12,960,619 626,301
Percentage 91.0% 4.4%
President before election

Abolhassan Banisadr
Independent

 Elected President

Mohammad-Ali Rajai
IRP

The Iranian presidential election of July 1981 took place on 24 July 1981 after the previous Iranian president, Abolhassan Banisadr, was impeached by the Majlis on 21 June and then sacked by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, on 22 June. This led to the election of Mohammad Ali Rajai, the previous prime minister, winning 13,001,761 votes out of the 14,573,803 votes cast, which was 89% of the votes. The vote turnout was 65.29%.[1]

Rajai was killed a few weeks later on 30 August 1981, together with his prime minister, Mohammad Javad Bahonar.

Results

Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Islamic Republican Party candidate Mohammad-Ali Rajai 12,960,619 91.0%
Islamic Republican Party
ran independent		 Abbas Sheibani 626,301 4.4%
Islamic Republican Party
ran independent		 Ali Akbar Parvaresh 401,035 2.8%
Islamic Republican Party
ran independent		 Habibollah Asgar-Owladi 252,349 1.8%
Blank or invalid votes 402,248
Totals 14,642,552 100.00%
Source: Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. I. Oxford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-19-924958-X. 

References

  1. ↑ Buchta, Wilfried (2000). Who rules Iran? (PDF). The Washington Institute and The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. p. 36.


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