Iranian presidential election, 1981
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Registered |
22,687,017[1] |
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Turnout |
64.24%[1] |
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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%.[2]
Rajai was killed a few weeks later on 30 August 1981, together with his prime minister, Mohammad Javad Bahonar.
Results
|
Party |
Candidate |
Nohen et al[3] |
ISSDP[1] |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
|
Islamic Republican Party |
Mohammad-Ali Rajai |
12,960,619 |
88.51 |
12,779,050 |
87.69 |
|
Islamic Republican Party |
Abbas Sheibani |
626,301 |
4.28 |
658,498 |
4.52 |
|
Islamic Republican Party |
Ali Akbar Parvaresh |
401,035 |
2.74 |
339,646 |
2.33 |
|
Islamic Republican Party |
Habibollah Asgaroladi |
252,349 |
1.72 |
249,457 |
1.71 |
Blank or invalid votes |
402,248 |
2.75 |
547,152 |
3.75 |
Totals |
14,642,552 |
100 |
14,573,803 |
100 |
References
- 1 2 3 "1981 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
- ↑ Buchta, Wilfried (2000). Who rules Iran? (PDF). The Washington Institute and The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. p. 36.
- ↑ 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.