2024 Iranian presidential election
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| Registered | 61,452,321 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 39.93% (first round)  8.55pp49.68% (second round)  9.75pp | |||||||||||||||||||
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Early presidential elections in Iran were held on 28 June and 5 July 2024,[1] in which reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won the second round with 54.76% of the vote, beating the conservative principlist Saeed Jalili.
Background
[change | change source]After the death of the then president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May,[2] early elections were announced. Six candidates were approved to appear on the ballot, however two candidates dropped out before voting began. Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri and former Speaker Ali Larijani applied to run, however their candidacies were rejected.
Approved candidates
[change | change source]The registration to run for the presidency started on 30 May and ended on 3 June. A total of 80 people, including four women, filed their candidacies for president.[3] Most candidates were seen as conservatives or ultra conservatives.[4]
The final list of candidates was released by the Guardian Council on 9 June.[5] Per Article 99 of the Constitution, those rejected by the council are not allowed to protest the rejection.[6]
| Name | Born | Experience | Party | Result | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Masoud Pezeshkian |
29 September 1954 (age 69) Mahabad, Iran |
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (since 2008) Minister of Health and Medical Education (2001–2005) |
Independent | Elected in run-off round | ||
 Saeed Jalili |
6 September 1965 (age 58) Mashhad, Iran |
Member of the Expediency Discernment Council (since 2013) Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (2007–2013) Chief Nuclear Negotiator (2007–2013) Presidential candidate (2013, 2021) |
Independent | Lost in run-off round | ||
 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf |
23 August 1961 (age 62) Torqabeh, Iran |
Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (since 2020) Member of Expediency Discernment Council (2017–2020) Mayor of Tehran (2005–2017) Presidential candidate (2005, 2013 and 2017) |
Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran | Lost in first round | ||
 Mostafa Pourmohammadi |
9 March 1960 (age 64) Qom, Iran |
Minister of Justice (2013–2017) Minister of Interior (2005–2008) |
Combatant Clergy Association | Lost in first round | ||
 Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi |
14 April 1971 (age 53) Fariman, Iran |
Vice President of Iran (since 2021) Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (2008–2021) Presidential candidate (2021) |
Islamic Law Party | Withdrew in first round. Endorsed Jalili, Ghalibaf and Zakani[7] | [8] | |
 Alireza Zakani |
3 March 1966 (age 58) Ray, Iran |
Mayor of Tehran (since 2021) Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (2004–2016; 2020–2021) Presidential candidate (2021) |
Society of Pathseekers | Withdrew in first round. Endorsed Jalili and Ghalibaf[9] | ||
Polling
[change | change source]| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Margin of error | Jalili | Ghalibaf | Pezeshkian | Hashemi | Zakani | Pourmohammadi | Haven't decided | Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July | Islamic Consultative Assembly[10] | 44.2% | 53.7% | 9.5% | ||||||||
| 3 July | Iranian Students News Agency[11] | ±2% | 43.9% | 49.5% | 5.6% | |||||||
| 26 June | Tehran University[12] | 3.5% | 26.8% | 23.3% | 32.9% | 3.6% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 7.7% | 6.1% | ||
| 26 June | Iranian Students Polling Agency[13] | 3589 | 28.8% | 19.1% | 33.1% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 10.5% | 4.3% | ||
| 22–24 June | Mellat Opinion Poll Institute (Islamic Consultative Assembly)[14] | 1100 | 16.3% | 16.9% | 23.5% | 3.2% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 38.4% | 6.6% | ||
| 22–23 June | Shenaakht[15] | 1000 | 20% | 19% | 28% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 28% | 8% | ||
| 22–23 June | Imam Sadeq University[16] | 1500 | 21.5% | 23.4% | 24.4% | 4.5% | 2.4% | 2% | 21.8% | 1% | ||
| 22–23 June | Iranian Students Polling Agency[17] | 4057 | 24% | 14.7% | 24.4% | 2% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 30.6% | 0.4% | ||
| 18–20 June | IRIB[source?] | 22.5% | 19.5% | 19.4% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 28.4% | 3% | |||
| 18–20 June | Mellat Opinion Poll Institute (Islamic Consultative Assembly) [18] | 850 | 18.2% | 20.7% | 18.9% | 4.6% | 2% | 1.8% | 33.8% | 1.8% | ||
| 18–19 June | Iranian Students Polling Agency[19] | 4545 | 26.2% | 19% | 19.8% | 2.6% | 2% | 0.9% | 27.4% | 6.4% | ||
| 18–19 June | Imam Sadeq University [20] | 23.5% | 29.3% | 30% | 2.7% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 12.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 11–13 June | Research Center for Culture, Art and Communication[21] | 36.7% | 30.4% | 28.3% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 62%[a] | 6.3% | |||
| 30 May | Beginning of registration | |||||||||||
Results
[change | change source]In the first round, Masoud Pezeshkian won 44%, Saeed Jalili won 40%, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf won 14% and Mostafa Pourmohammadi won less than 1% of the vote. Pezeshkian was the only reformist candidate on the ballot.[22]
Since no candidate won a majority in the first round, a run off vote was held on 5 July between Jalili and Pezeshkian.[23] Pezeshkian won with 55% of the vote. The next day, he was declared the winner of the election.[24][25]
Aftermath
[change | change source]With a 39.93% turnout, the first round of the election saw the lowest participation for a presidential election in the Islamic Republic's history.[26] The turnout improved in the second round to 49.68%.
Pezeshkian will be inaugurated as president in early August.[27][28]
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ This poll took the percentages of the candidates among those who already had a preference. Hence, this percentage is only representative.
References
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- ↑ "جدیدترین نظرسنجی انتخابات منتشر شد،پزشکیان در صدر". اعتمادآنلاین (in Persian). 2024-07-05. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
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