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] %
1Mohammad 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 -
2Mohammad 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 SaeedikiaWithdrew
3, 4, 5Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
7 / 15
46.66
Amir Reza Khadem
7 / 15
46.66
Blank vote 1 6.66
6Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
7 / 15
46.66
Amir Reza Khadem
6 / 15
40
Blank vote 2 13.33
7Mohammad 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] %
1Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
15 / 31
48.38
Mohsen Hashemi
15 / 31
48.38
Blank vote 1 3.2
2Mohammad 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

Candidate Votes %
Hassan Rouhani18,613,32950.88
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf6,077,29216.46
Saeed Jalili4,168,94611.31
Mohsen Rezaee3,884,41210.55
Ali Akbar Velayati2,268,7536.16
Mohammad Gharazi446,0151.22
Valid votes35,458,74796.58
Blank or invalid votes1,245,4093.42
Total votes cast36,704,156100
Registered voters/turnout50,483,19272.70
Sources: Ministry of Interior of Iran

References

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