Iranian presidential election, 1980

Iranian presidential election, 1980

25 January 1980 → 1981 (Jul)

Nominee Abulhassan Banisadr Ahmad Madani Hassan Habibi Party Independent National Front IRP Popular vote 10,709,330 2,224,554 674,859 Percentage 76.5% 15.9% 4.8%

President before election None Elected President Abulhassan Banisadr Independent

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The First Iranian presidential election was held on 25 January 1980. It was held one year after the Iranian Revolution when the Council of Islamic Revolution was in power. The number of the eligible voters in the country was 20,993,643. However, the number of the actual voter was 14,152,887, leading to the voter turnout of 67.4%.

Candidates

The number of the candidates registered to run for the presidency was 124, but only 96 of them were allowed to run.

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  Abulhassan Banisadr

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  Ahmad Madani

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  Hassan Habibi

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  Dariush Forouhar

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  Sadeq Tabatabaei

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  Kazem Sami

Election results

Abulhassan Banisadr was elected as president with 75.6% of votes and became the first president of Iran.

The inauguration of Banisadr was held on 4 February in Tehran.

Iranian presidential election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Independent	Abdulhassan Banisadr	10,709,330	76.5%
	National Front	Ahmad Madani	2,224,554	15.9%
	Islamic Republican Party	Hassan Habibi	674,859	4.8%
	Nation Party	Dariush Forouhar	133,478	0.9%
	Independent	Sadeq Tabatabaee	114,776	0.8%
	Freedom Movement	Kazem Sami	89,270	0.6%
	Pan-Iranist Party	Sadegh Ghotbzadeh	48,547	0.3%
Valid votes			38,755,802	98.95%
Blank or invalid votes			151,806
Totals			14,146,620	100.00%
Voter turnout			73%
Sources: Ministry of Interior of Iran