Electoral history of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

This is a summary of the electoral history of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, an Iranian Principlist politician who is Mayor of Tehran since 2005.

Mayoral of Tehran

City Council of Tehran elected Ghalibaf as Mayor on three consecutive terms.

2005

Candidate	Votes[1]	%
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	8 / 15	53.33
Other Candidates (total)	7 / 15	47.66

2007

The election was exhaustive due to high number of candidates. In first and second rounds, every elector was able to cast two votes to two candidates.^[2] In next rounds, every voter had 1 vote to cast. The result of round 3 run-off, was repeated twice. Lost candidates in first round include Nasrin Soltankhah, Tahmasb Mazaheri and Ali Abdolalizadeh among others.^[3]

Round	Candidate	Votes[4]	%
1	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	10 / 15	33.33
	Hassan Bayadi	10 / 15	33.33
	Amir Reza Khadem	9 / 15	30
	Mohammad Saeedikia	6 / 15	20
	12 Other Candidates	<6	-
2	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	8 / 15	26.66
	Amir Reza Khadem	8 / 15	26.66
	Hassan Bayadi	7 / 15	23.33
	Nader Shariatmadari	5 / 15	16.66
	Mohammad Saeedikia	Withdrew
3, 4, 5	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	7 / 15	46.66
	Amir Reza Khadem	7 / 15	46.66
	Blank vote	1	6.66
6	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	7 / 15	46.66
	Amir Reza Khadem	6 / 15	40
	Blank vote	2	13.33
7	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	8 / 15	53.33
	Amir Reza Khadem	6 / 15	40
	Blank vote	1	6.66

2013

After a tie with Reformist-backed Mohsen Hashemi in first round, Ghalibaf controversially won the election in second round's anonymous voting when Reform-affiliated member Elaheh Rastgou voted for him.^[5]

Round	Candidate	Votes[6]	%
1	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	15 / 31	48.38
	Mohsen Hashemi	15 / 31	48.38
	Blank vote	1	3.2
2	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	16 / 31	51.61
	Mohsen Hashemi	14 / 31	45.16
	Invalid vote	1	3.2

Presidential elections

2005

 Summary of the 17 and 24 June 2005 Iranian Presidential election results

Candidates	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	5,711,696	19.43	17,284,782	61.69
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	6,211,937	21.13	10,046,701	35.93
Mehdi Karroubi	5,070,114	17.24	-	-
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	4,095,827	13.93	-	-
Mostafa Moeen	4,083,951	13.89	-	-
Ali Larijani	1,713,810	5.83	-	-
Mohsen Mehralizadeh	1,288,640	4.38	-	-
Blank or invalid votes	1,224,882	4.17	663,770	2.37
Total (turnout 62.66% and 59.6%)	29,400,857	100	27,959,253	100

2013

Iranian presidential election, 2013
Candidate		Votes	%
	Hassan Rouhani	18,613,329	50.88
	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	6,077,292	16.46
	Saeed Jalili	4,168,946	11.31
	Mohsen Rezaee	3,884,412	10.55
	Ali Akbar Velayati	2,268,753	6.16
	Mohammad Gharazi	446,015	1.22
Valid votes		35,458,747	96.58
Blank or invalid votes		1,245,409	3.42
Total votes cast		36,704,156	100
Registered voters/turnout		50,483,192	72.70
Sources: Ministry of Interior of Iran

References

1. كليد شهرداري تهران با ۸ راي به «قاليباف» سپرده شد (in Persian), asre-nou.net, retrieved 26 March 2015
2. انتخاب شهردار تهران ساعت 14 (in Persian), asriran.com, retrieved 26 March 2015
3. قاليباف با 8 راي موافق، پنجاه و هشتمين شهردار تهران شد (in Persian), Iranian Students News Agency, retrieved 26 March 2015
4. با رأي اكثريت اعضاي شوراي شهرقاليباف در «بهشت» ماند (in Persian), Kayhan, retrieved 26 March 2015
5. هیاهو برای یک رای/ پرونده‌ای درباره رای الهه راستگو (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 26 March 2015
6. قالیباف شهردارتهران شد (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 26 March 2015