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Iranian presidential election

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The President of Iran is the highest official elected by direct, popular vote, although the President carries out the decrees, and answers to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state.[1][2] Chapter IX of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran sets forth the qualifications for presidential candidates. Powers of the presidency include signing treaties and other agreements with foreign countries and international organizations, with Supreme Leader's approval; administering national planning, budget, and state employment affairs, as decreed by the Supreme Leader.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] The President also appoints the ministers, subject to the approval of Parliament.[11]

Candidates have to be vetted by the Guardian Council, a twelve-member body consisting of six clerics (selected by Iran's Supreme Leader), and six lawyers (proposed by the head of Iran's judicial system and voted in by the Parliament).[12]

The Guardian Council interprets the term supervision in Article 99 as "approbation supervision" (Persian: نظارت استصوابی)[13] which implies the right for acceptance or rejection of elections legality and candidates competency. This interpretation is in contrast with the idea of "notification supervision" (Persian: نظارت استطلاعی) which does not imply the mentioned approval right.[14] The "evidentiary supervision" (Persian: نظارت استنادی), which requires evidences for acceptance or rejection of elections legality and candidates competency, is another interpretation of mentioned article.[15][16]

Iranian presidential election[17][18][19]
ElectionsDateEligible votersNumber of
votes		Voter

Turnout Percentage

 Number of
candidates		WinnerNumber of
Votes for Winner		Percentage of Vote
1st election 25 January 198020,993,64314,152,90767.41124Abolhassan Banisadr10,709,33075.6
2nd election 24 July 198122,687,01714,572,49364.244Mohammad-Ali Rajai12,960,61991.0
3rd election 2 October 198122,687,01716,847,71574.264Ali Khamenei16,007,07297.01
4th election 16 August 198525,993,80214,238,58754.783Ali Khamenei12,203,87087.09
5th election 28 July 198930,139,59816,452,56254.592Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani15,537,39496.01
6th election 11 June 199333,156,05516,796,75550.664Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani10,449,93364.0
7th election 23 May 199736,466,48729,145,74579.924Mohammad Khatami20,078,18769.06
8th election 8 June 200142,170,23028,155,96966.7710Mohammad Khatami21,659,05377.01
9th election 17 June 200546,786,41827,958,93159.762Mahmoud Ahmadinejad17,284,78261.69
10th election 12 June 200946,199,99739,371,21484.834Mahmoud Ahmadinejad24,592,79362.63
11th election 14 June 201350,483,19236,821,53872.946Hassan Rouhani18,692,50050.71
12th election 19 May 201756,410,23441,366,08573.334Hassan Rouhani23,636,65257.14
13th election 18 June 2021 59,310,307 28,933,004 48.8 4 Ebrahim Raisi 17,926,345 61.9
14th election 28 June 2024 "runoff" 61,452,321 24,535,185 39.96 4 Masoud Pezeshkian & Saeed Jalili
14th election 5 July 2024 "Second Round" 61,452,321 30,530,157 49.8 2 Masoud Pezeshkian 16,384,403 53,6

References

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  1. ↑ (see Article 110 of the constitution)
  2. ↑ "ICL - Iran - Constitution". www.servat.unibe.ch.
  3. ↑ "Iran's Khamenei hits out at Rafsanjani in rare public rebuke". Middle East Eye.
  4. ↑ "Khamenei says Iran must go green - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor. 17 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Accessed 5-23-2008
  6. ↑ Louis Charbonneau and Parisa Hafezi (16 May 2014). "Exclusive: Iran pursues ballistic missile work, complicating nuclear talks". Reuters.
  7. ↑ "IranWire - Asking for a Miracle: Khamenei's Economic Plan".
  8. ↑ Karami, Arash (May 22, 2014). "Khamenei outlines 14-point plan to increase population". Al-Monitor.
  9. ↑ "Iran: Executive, legislative branch officials endorse privatization plan". www.payvand.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  10. ↑ Ali Vafadar (1995). The constitution and political change. p. 559.
  11. ↑ Amir Saeed Vakil, Pouryya Askary (2004). constitution in now law like order. p. 362.
  12. ↑ Bazzi, Mohamad (12 June 2009). "Iran Elections: Latest News". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  13. ↑ shora-gc.ir, پایگاه اطلاع رسانی شورای نگهبان- (February 10, 1390). "آشنایی با شورای نگهبان". fa.
  14. ↑ "Magiran". magiran.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  15. ↑ Mellat Electronic Newspaper Archived 2007-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ "Iran Newspaper". www.irannewspaper.ir. Archived from the original on 2007-05-16.
  17. ↑ https://www.moi.ir/Portal/file/?462772/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-95.pdf[permanent dead link]
  18. ↑ "وزارت کشور-پایگاه اطلاع رسانی-پایگاه اطلاع رسانی وزارت کشور/انتشار نتایج تفصیلی انتخابات ریاست جمهوری". Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  19. ↑ "The Race: Election Factoids". United States Institute of Peace. 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018.
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