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October 1981 Iranian presidential election

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October 1981 Iranian presidential election
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Registered22,687,017[1]
Turnout74.26%[1] (Increase 10.02pp)
 
Nominee Ali Khamenei Ali-Akbar Parvaresh
Party IRP ICP
Alliance Grand Coalition
Popular vote 16,007,072 341,841
Percentage 95.01% 2.03%
President before election

Mohammad-Ali Rajai
IATI

Elected President

Ali Khamenei
IRP

Presidential elections were held in Iran on 2 October 1981 following the assassination of president Mohammad-Ali Rajai. Ali Khamenei was elected with 95% of the vote.

Campaign

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Ali Akbar Parvaresh, Hassan Ghafourifard and Reza Zavare'i all publicly endorsed Khamenei for president, stating on television that they would vote for him.[2]

Results

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October 1981 Iranian presidential election
Party Candidate Nohen et al[3] ISSDP[1]
Votes % Votes %
Islamic Republican Party Ali Khamenei 16,007,072 95.01 16,008,579 95.05
Islamic Coalition Party Ali Akbar Parvaresh 341,841 2.03 341,874 2.02
Islamic Republican Party Hassan Ghafourifard 75,658 0.45 80,545 0.48
Islamic Republican Party Reza Zavare'i 62,156 0.37 59,058 0.35
Blank or invalid votes 360,269 2.14 357,661 2.12
Totals 16,846,996 100 16,847,717 100

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Second 1981 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
  2. ^ Candidates Voted For Khamenei (in Persian), 17 April 2017, retrieved 5 June 2017 – via Iranian History
  3. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
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