Electoral history of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in 2008

This is a summary of the electoral history of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, an Iranian politician who was member of Assembly of Experts from Tehran Province since 1982 and Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council since 1989, and has been previously Chairman of the Assembly of Experts (2007–2011), President of Iran (1989–1997), and The Speaker and member of Islamic Consultative Assembly (1980–1989) from Tehran and Minister of Interior (1979–1980).

Parliament elections

1980

He was elected to the Parliament representing Tehran with 1,151,514 (54%) votes.[1] He was ranked 15th in the constituency and won a seat in first round.[2]

1984

He was elected to the Parliament representing Tehran with 1,891,264 (81.9%) votes.[3] He received the most votes and won the first seat in the constituency.[4]

1988

He was elected to the Parliament representing Tehran with 1,573,587 (82.3%) votes.[5] He received the most votes and won the first seat in the constituency.[4]

2000

He received 749,884 (25.58%) votes and secured 30th and the last seat of Tehran for the parliament, but withdrawed after the election.[6]

Speaker of the Parliament elections

He was elected as Speaker of the Parliament of Iran in 10 consecutive sessions (3 terms).[7][8]

TermYearsSessionVotes%Deputy
1st1980–19841st
146 / 196
74.5Ali-Akbar Parvaresh
2nd
140 / 167
83.8Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
3rd
167 / 188
88.8Mohammad Yazdi
4th165–
2nd1984–19881st
181 / 189
95.7
2nd
200 / 228
87.7
3rd
179 / 224
79.9Mehdi Karroubi
4th
183 / 230
79.5Mohammad Yazdi
3rd1988–19891st
187 / 192
97.4Mehdi Karroubi
2nd
230 / 241
95.4

Presidential elections

1989

Party Candidate Nohen et al[9] ISSDP[10]
Votes % Votes %
Combatant Clergy Association Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 15,537,394 94.51 15,550,528 94.52
Independent Abbas Sheibani 632,583 3.85 635,165 3.86
Blank or invalid votes 269,270 1.64 266,984 1.62
Totals 16,439,247 100 16,452,677 100

1993

Party Candidate Nohen et al[11] ISSDP[12] UPI[13] / IRNA[14]
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Combatant Clergy Association Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 10,449,933 64 10,566,499 63 10,553,344 63.2
Independent Ahmad Tavakkoli 3,972,201 24.3 4,026,879 23.97 3,976,165 23.8
Independent Abdollah Jassbi 1,511,574 9.3 1,498,084 8.92 1,515,632 9.1
Independent Rajabali Taheri 394,981 2.4 387,655 2.31 401,579 2.4
Blank or invalid votes Not reported 317,670 1.89 253,530 1.5
Totals 16,328,689 100.00 16,796,787 100.00 16,700,250 100.00

2005

 Summary of the 17 and 24 June 2005 Iranian Presidential election results
Candidate 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 5,711,696 19.43 17,284,782 61.69
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 6,211,937 21.13 10,046,701 35.93
Mehdi Karroubi 5,070,114 17.24
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf 4,095,827 13.93
Mostafa Moeen 4,083,951 13.89
Ali Larijani 1,713,810 5.83
Mohsen Mehralizadeh 1,288,640 4.38
Blank or invalid votes 1,224,882 4.17 663,770 2.37
Total (turnout 62.66% and 59.6%) 29,400,857 100 27,959,253 100

2013

Assembly of Experts

1982

According to Abbas Abdi, he received ≈2.22 million votes out of ≈3.2 votes (≈69%) in Tehran.[15]

1990

According to Abbas Abdi, he received ≈1.60 million votes out of ≈1.9 votes (≈82%) in Tehran.[15]

1998

According to Abbas Abdi, he received ≈1.68 million votes out of ≈2.8 votes (≈60%) in Tehran.[15]

2006

Candidate Electoral lists Votes
CCA/SSTQ SDIR ESU CPE R NTP MDP
TehranAkbar Hashemi Bahramani (Rafsanjani)YesYesYesYesYesYes1,564,197
Mohammad Agha-Emami (Emami-Kashani)YesYesYesYes1,027,767
Ali-Akbar Feyz (Ali Meshkini)YesYesYesYesYesYes1,015,500
Mohammad YazdiYesYesYesYes970,192
Ahmad JannatiYesYesYesYesYes929,403
Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-YazdiYesYesYesYes879,883
Hassan RouhaniYesYesYesYesYes844,190
Qorbanali Dorri-NajafabadiYesYesYesYesYes736,387
Mohsen Kazeroun (Kazerouni)YesYesYesYes716,828
Seyyed Mohsen AqaMir Mohammad-Ali (Kharrazi)YesYesYesYesYesYesYes688,212
Reza Ostadi-MoqaddamYesYesYesYesYesYes650,391
Abdolnabi NamaziYesYesYes602,096
Mohammad Baqer Baqeri (Baqeri Kani)YesYesYesYes598,352
Mohammad Mohammadi Davi-Saraei (Gilani)YesYesYesYesYes574,688
Mohsen QomiYesYesYesYes543,951
Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Marashi (Shoushtari)518,129
Electoral lists:

ESU: Experts of Seminary and University

CPE: Coalition of Principalism and Effectiveness

Sources:

Votes (Assembly of Experts Official Website)

Votes (Iranian Students' News Agency

Electoral lists (Assembly of Experts Official Website)

Electoral lists (Fars News Agency)

Chairman of the Assembly of Experts elections

TermDateCandidateVotes%
4th25 July 2007[16]Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
41 / 75
54.7
Ahmad Jannati
34 / 75
45.3
Mohammad Yazdi Withdrew
10 March 2009[17]Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
51 / 79
65.55
Mohammad Yazdi
26 / 79
32.9
8 March 2011[18]Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
83 / 84
98.8
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Withdrew
10 March 2015 (1st Round)[19]Mohammad Yazdi
35 / 73
47.9
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
25 / 73
34.2
Mohammad Momen
13 / 73
17.8
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Withdrew
10 March 2015 (2nd Round)[19]Mohammad Yazdi
47 / 73
64.4
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
24 / 73
32.9

References

  1. ↑ Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles (PDF), Iranian Parliament, p. 124
  2. ↑ نمایندگان تهران در مجلس اول / رای اکثر نمایندگان بیش از یک میلیون بود (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 24 March 2015
  3. ↑ Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles (PDF), Iranian Parliament, p. 245
  4. 1 2 رکوردداری هاشمی در انتخابات مجلس / کسب 1891264 رای مردم تهران (in Persian), Hashemi Rafsanjani Official Website, retrieved 23 March 2015
  5. ↑ Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles (PDF), Iranian Parliament, p. 356
  6. ↑ بازخواني عمليات جوخه‌هاي ترور حزب مشاركت عليه هاشمي رفسنجاني (in Persian), Fars News Agency, retrieved 23 March 2015
  7. ↑ هیأت رئیسه پارلمان در ۳۳ سال گذشته (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 23 March 2015
  8. ↑ هاشمی چگونه رئیس مجلس دوم و سوم شد ؟ (in Persian), Hashemi Rafsanjani Official Website, retrieved 23 March 2015
  9. ↑ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. I. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
  10. ↑ "1989 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
  11. ↑ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. I. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
  12. ↑ "1993 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 17 June 2017
  13. ↑ Ralph Joseph (13 June 1993), "Rafsanjani wins 63 percent of popular vote", United Press International, retrieved 5 July 2017
  14. ↑ Anoushiravan Ehteshami (2002), After Khomeini: the Iranian Second Republic, Routledge, Table 11, p. 69, ISBN 9781134838851 – via Islamic Republic New Agency, 14 June 1993
  15. 1 2 3 Abdi, Abbas, نتايج خبرگان (in Persian), archived from the original on 22 January 2013, retrieved 24 March 2015
  16. ↑ بازتاب انتخاب آیت الله هاشمی رفسنجانی (in Persian), Assembly of Experts, archived from the original on 20 July 2014, retrieved 23 March 2015
  17. ↑ در انتخابات سال 87 خبرگان چه گذشت؟ (in Persian), Hashemi Rafsanjani Official Website, retrieved 23 March 2015
  18. ↑ یک صندلی و دو هاشمی (in Persian), ISNA, retrieved 23 March 2015
  19. 1 2 آیت‌الله محمد یزدی رئیس مجلس خبرگان رهبری شد (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 23 March 2015
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