Iranian presidential election, October 1981

Iranian presidential election, October 1981

1981 (Jul) ← October 2, 1981 → 1985

Nominee Ali Khamenei Ali Akbar Parvaresh Party IRP Independent Popular vote 16,007,072 341,841 Percentage 97.1 % 2.1%

President before election Mohammad-Ali Rajai IRP Elected President Ali Khamenei IRP

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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 prime ministership 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:

Iranian presidential election, October 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Islamic Republican	Ali Khamenei	16,007,072	97.1%
	Independent	Ali Akbar Parvaresh	341,841	2.1%
	Islamic Coalition Party	Hassan Ghafourifard	75,658	0.5%
	Independent	Reza Zavare'i	62,156	0.4%
Blank or invalid votes			360,269
Totals			16,846,996	100.00%
Voter turnout			79%
Sources: Ministry of Interior of Iran

External links

• Shargh's article on the October 1981 election (in Persian)