Opinion polling for the 2017 Iranian presidential election

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This page lists public opinion polls in connection with the 2017 Iranian presidential election, which were held on 19 May 2017, with a run-off the week after if no candidate secures an absolute majority of the vote in the first round.

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Polls

2017

Fieldwork datePoll sourceSample
size		Margin of error Hassan Rouhani.jpg Ebrahim Raisi in 9th Day Rally 01.jpg Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf 3.jpg Mostafa Mirsalim at ICP convention 01.jpg Eshaq Jahangiri at Interior Ministry for 2017 presidential nomination 13.jpg Mostafa Hashemitaba by Tasnimnews.jpg UndecidedWon't sayOthers
Rouhani Raisi Ghalibaf Mir-Salim Jahangiri Hashemitaba
17 May 2017iPPO [1] 1,203[±2.83,±4.06]35.9%18%2.3%0.5%0.2%0%16.4%20%7%
16 May: Jahangiri drops out in favor of Rouhani
16 May 2017IranPoll [2] 1,007±3.09%60.4%39.6%———————
58%36.4%—<2%<2%<2%———
15–16 May 2017iPPO [3] 1,194[±2.83,±3.89]30%13%5%1%<1%1%24%22%10%
15 May: Ghalibaf drops out in favor of Raisi
13–15 May 2017iPPO [4] 1,376[±2.64,±3.92]27%10%8%1%1%<1%24%22%4%
11–14 May 2017iPPO [5] 1,122[±2.93,±4.30]28%12%9%1%1%<1%24%22%4%
10–13 May 2017iPPO [6] 1,012[±3.08,±4.73]29.1%10.7%12%0.6%0.3%0.1%25.5%13.1%8.7%
9–12 May 2017iPPO [7] 1,199[±2.83,±3.75]30%11%12%1%<1%<1%25%11%9%
8–11 May 2017iPPO [8] 1,212[±2.81,±3.74]29%11%12%<1%1%<1%28%10%10%
7–10 May 2017iPPO [9] 1,189[±2.82,±3.75]28%10%10%<1%<1%<1%30%8%14%
6–9 May 2017iPPO [10] 1,189[±2.84,±3.82]23%9%11%1%<1%<1%33%10%14%
5–8 May 2017iPPO [11] 1,076[±2.99,±3.91]24.4%6.9%10.3%0.7%0.7%0.1%35.6%9.7%11.6%
4–7 May 2017iPPO [12] 1,000[±3.10,±3.90]24.5%4.6%10.5%0.8%1.3%0.4%36.3%9.3%12.3%
4–7 May 2017iPPO [13] 947[±3.18,±3.90]26%5.5%11.8%0.8%1.4%0.2%38.9%10.3%5.1%

Iran-based pollsters

According to the Al-Monitor , "it’s not unusual in Iran for news outlets to publish reports of nonscientific surveys. Without further details, such polls shouldn’t be considered reliable if they lack the disclosure of basic methodological information". [14] A persistent problem in Iranian pollsters, they also do not report the standard disclosure items for legitimate surveys including sample size or margin of error. [15]

Fieldwork datePoll source Hassan Rouhani.jpg Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf 3.jpg Ebrahim Raisi in 9th Day Rally 01.jpg Eshaq Jahangiri at Interior Ministry for 2017 presidential nomination 13.jpg Mostafa Mirsalim at ICP convention 01.jpg Mostafa Hashemitaba by Tasnimnews.jpg No answerNone of them
Rouhani Ghalibaf Raisi Jahangiri Mir-Salim Hashemitaba
15 May 2017APCAF Porsesh [16] 55.47%—28.46%3.66%2.18%1.41%6.26%—
13 May 2017ISPA [17] 47.2%19.5%25.2%3.1%2.1%1.4%——
43.2%21.7%24.7%3.6%2.8%1.7%——
49.9%—41.3%———2.3%4.8%
7–8 May 2017ISPA [18] 41.6%24.6%26.7%3.2%2.8%1.2%——
47.7%—38.7%—————
44.8%44.1%——————
23–24 April 2017ISPA [18] 43.5%22.6%17.4%3.6%2.1%2.8%8.1%—
52.9%—32.4%———3.5%11.2%
49%37.7%————3.7%9.6%
Before 24 April 2017 IRIB [19] 1st2nd3rd—————
43.3%—27%—————
40.9%34.6%——————
—36.5%27%—————

Pre-2017 polls

Fieldwork datePoll sourceSample
size		Margin of error Hassan Rouhani.jpg Mahmoud Ahmadinejad portrait 2013.jpg Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf 3.jpg Saeed Jalili 2013b.jpg Other
Rouhani Ahmadinejad Ghalibaf Jalili
10–24 December 2016CISSM, IranPoll [20] 1,000±3.248.5%—31.8%—10.7% other names or none, 9% Don't know or N/A
47.2%—25.1%11.3%6.7% other names or none, 9.7% Don't know or N/A
57.3%——21.8%8.6% other names or none, 12.3% Don't know or N/A
Late October 2016"An academic institute in Iran" [21] Undisclosed±3.264%——19%—
53%—32%——
17–27 June 2016CISSM, IranPoll [22] 1,007±3.253.6%—30.1%—6.6% other names or none, 9.7% Don't know or N/A
40.6%31%15.3%—6% other names or none, 7.1% Don't know or N/A
45%36.7%——9.5% other names or none, 8.7% Don't know or N/A
11–24 March 2016iPOS [23] 1,077±341%29%——15% other names or N/A, 15% Don't know
12–28 May 2015UTCPOR, CISSM, IranPoll [24] 1,009±3.224.6%8.8%6.2%0.4%15.5% other names, 46% Don't know
53.4%26.6%——11.3% other names, 8.7% Don't know
14–15 February 2015iPOS [25] [26] 735±3.628%24%——23% other names or N/A, 25% Undecided
27%21%9%4%37% other names

Approval ratings

2017

Poll sourceSample
size		Fieldwork dateMargin of errorApproval ratings
IranPoll [27] 1,00514 April±3.09%
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Rouhani
Ahmadinejad
Ghalibaf
Raisi
Baghaei
Jahangiri
  •   Very favorable
  •   Somewhat favorable
  •   Don’t know the individual
  •   Somewhat unfavorable
  •   Very unfavorable

Turnout

Poll sourceSample
size		Fieldwork dateMargin of errorVery likelySomewhat likelyNot very likelyNot likely at allDon't know
iPPO [13] 9474–7 May 2017[±3.18,±3.90]71.6%16.1%4.9%
IRIB [ citation needed ]38,00030 April–2 May 2017—63.5%7.1%1.2%23.6%4.6%
ISPA [28] 4,50023–24 April 2017—48%22%7%10%12%
ISPA [29] 900
Tehran only		5–6 March 2017—41.9%18.8%11%16%12%
CISSM, IranPoll [20] 1,00010–24 December 2016±3.266.6%15.8%8.9%7.4%1.3%
CISSM, IranPoll [22] 1,00717–27 June 2016±3.265.8%15.3%10.6%7.1%1.1%

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