Iranian presidential election, 1980

25 January 1980



Nominee	Abolhassan Banisadr	Ahmad Madani	Hassan Habibi
Party	Independent	National Front	IRP
Popular vote	10,709,330	2,224,554	674,859
Percentage	76.5%	15.9%	4.8%

President before election

None

Elected President

Abulhassan Banisadr
Independent

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The First Iranian presidential election was held on 25 January 1980. It was held one year after the Iranian Revolution when the Council of Islamic Revolution was in power. The number of the eligible voters in the country was 20,993,643.^[1] However, the number of the actual voter was 14,152,887, leading to the voter turnout of 67.4%.^[1]^[2]

Candidates

The number of the candidates registered to run for the presidency was 124, but only 96 of them were allowed to run.^[1]

Election results

Abolhassan Banisadr was elected as president with 75.6% of votes and became the first president of Iran.^[3]

The inauguration of Banisadr was held on 4 February in Tehran.

Iranian presidential election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Independent	Abolhassan Banisadr	10,709,330	76.5%
	National Front	Ahmad Madani	2,224,554	15.9%
	Islamic Republican Party	Hassan Habibi	674,859	4.8%
	Nation Party	Dariush Forouhar	133,478	0.9%
	Independent	Sadeq Tabatabaei	114,776	0.8%
	Freedom Movement	Kazem Sami	89,270	0.6%
	Pan-Iranist Party	Sadegh Ghotbzadeh	48,547	0.3%
Valid votes			13,994,814	98.95%
Blank or invalid votes			151,806
Totals			14,146,620	100.00%
Voter turnout			73%
Sources: Ministry of Interior of Iran

References

1 2 3 "1980 Presidential Election". Princeton University. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ Buchta, Wilfried (2000). Who rules Iran? (PDF). The Washington Institute and The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. p. 19.
↑ "Bani Sadr: US should admit Iran crimes". The Lewiston Daily Sun. 29 January 1980. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

Elections and referendums in Iran

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