Iranian presidential election, 1980

Iranian presidential election, 1980

January 25, 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 January 25, 1980.It was held one year after Iranian Revolution when the cabinet of Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan was resigned and Council of Islamic Revolution was in power. 96 candidates ran in this election.

Abulhassan Banisadr was elect as president with 75.6% of votes and became the first president of Iran. After two week the first Iranian parliamentary election after revolution was held and Islamic Republican Party won the election.

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

Candidates

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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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  Kazem Sami

Results

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

External links

• Shargh's article about the first Iranian election (in Persian)