Iranian presidential election, October 1981

October 2, 1981

President before election

Mohammad-Ali Rajai
IRP

Elected President

Ali Khamenei
IRP

The Iranian presidential election of October 1981, took place on October 2, 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 landslide victory of Ali Khamenei.

Results

Of the total 16,841,800 total votes, the following numbers were won by each candidate:

Iranian presidential election, October 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Islamic Republican candidate	Ali Khamenei	16,007,072	97.1%
	Islamic Republican ran independent	Ali Akbar Parvaresh	341,841	2.1%
	Islamic Republican ran independent	Hassan Ghafourifard	75,658	0.5%
	Islamic Republican ran independent	Reza Zavare'i	62,156	0.4%
Blank or invalid votes			360,269
Totals			16,846,996	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.

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