1989 Iranian presidential election

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1989 Iranian presidential election
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  1985 28 July 1989 1993  
Registered30,139,598 [1]
Turnout54.59% [1] (Decrease2.svg 0.19pp)
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Nominee Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Abbas Sheibani
Party CCA Independent
Alliance Principlists Principlists
Popular vote15,537,394632,583
Percentage94.5%3.8%

President before election

Ali Khamenei
CCA

Elected President

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
CCA

Presidential elections were held in Iran on 28 July 1989, after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the selection of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the previous President of Iran, as the new Supreme Leader of Iran. Out of the seventy-nine candidates registered to run, only two were approved by the Council of Guardians, which resulted in a very predictable win by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the previous Speaker of Majlis.

Contents

The Iranian constitution was amended by referendum on the same day.

Candidates

Disqualified candidates

The Guardian Council disqualified some candidates who enrolled to run for president, including:

Results

1989 Iranian presidential election
PartyCandidateNohen et al [3] ISSDP [1]
Votes %Votes %
Combatant Clergy Association Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 15,537,39494.5115,550,52894.52
Independent Abbas Sheibani 632,5833.85635,1653.86
Blank or invalid votes269,2701.64266,9841.62
Totals16,439,24710016,452,677100

References

  1. 1 2 3 "1989 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
  2. Rajaee, Farhang (2010), Islamism and Modernism: The Changing Discourse in Iran, University of Texas Press, pp. 156–157, ISBN   9780292774360
  3. Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN   0-19-924958-X.