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 January 25, 198020,993,64314,152,90767.41124 Abolhassan Banisadr 10,709,33075.6
2nd election July 24, 198122,687,01714,572,49364.244 Mohammad-Ali Rajai 12,960,61991.0
3rd election October 2, 198122,687,01716,847,71574.264 Ali Khamenei 16,007,07297.01
4th election August 16, 198525,993,80214,238,58754.783 Ali Khamenei 12,203,87087.09
5th election July 28, 198930,139,59816,452,56254.592 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 15,537,39496.01
6th election June 11, 199333,156,05516,796,75550.664 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 10,449,93364.0
7th election May 23, 199736,466,48729,145,74579.924 Mohammad Khatami 20,078,18769.06
8th election June 8, 200142,170,23028,155,96966.7710 Mohammad Khatami 21,659,05377.01
9th election June 17, 200546,786,41827,958,93159.762 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 17,284,78261.69
10th election June 12, 200946,199,99739,371,21484.834 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 24,592,79362.63
11th election June 14, 201350,483,19236,821,53872.946 Hassan Rouhani 18,692,50050.71
12th election May 19, 201756,410,23441,366,08573.334 Hassan Rouhani 23,636,65257.14
13th election June 18, 202159,310,30728,933,00448.84 Ebrahim Raisi 17,926,34561.9
14th election June 28, 2024 "runoff"61,452,32124,535,18539.964 Masoud Pezeshkian & Saeed Jalili
14th election July 5, 2024 "Second Round"61,452,32130,530,15749.82 Masoud Pezeshkian 16,384,40353,6

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