Iranian presidential election, October 1981
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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:
Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
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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. |
References
External links
- Shargh's article on the October 1981 election (in Persian)
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