Presidential election in Iran in 1980

Election winner Abū l-Hasan Banīsadr

The Iranian presidential election in 1980 took place on January 25, 1980 .

The elections were Iran's first presidential election after the constitutional amendment and the Islamic revolution . After the overthrow of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , the elections did not mean a choice of direction. Regardless of whether the candidates from the bourgeois parties (Independent / National Front ) won the election, the constitution mandated the religious leader, Ruhollah Khomeini , to be the Supreme Legal Scholar of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 96 candidates stood for election, the turnout of the 20,993,643 eligible voters was 67.4%.

Result

	be right	percent
Abū l-Hasan Banīsadr	10,709,330	75.6%
Ahmad Madani	2,224,554	15.71%
Hassan Habibi	474.859	3.35%
Dariusch Foruhar	133,478	0.94%
Sadegh Tabatabai	114,776	0.81%
Kazem Sami	89,270	0.63%
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh	48,547	0.34%
total	14,152,887	100%

See also

• History of Iran since 1979
• History of Iran

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1980 Presidential Election. In: syr.edu . Accessed December 1, 2018 .