Presidential election in Iran in October 1981

The Iranian presidential elections in October 1981 took place on October 2, 1981 .

The elections became necessary because Mohammad Ali Radschāʾi , who was elected on July 24, 1981 ( see: Presidential election in Iran in July 1981 ) , fell victim to a bomb attack on August 30 of the same year in the official residence of Prime Minister Mohammed Jawad Bahonar . Won the elections that of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini favored Hujjat al-Islam Ali Khamenei abundantly clear. Khamene'i became Khomeini's successor in 1989 and has been the leader of the revolution ever since . The turnout was 74.26%.

Result

	be right	percent
Seyyed Ali Chamene'i	16,008,579	95.05%
Ali Akbar Parvaresh	341,874	2.02%
Hassan Ghafourifard	80,545	0.47%
Reza Zavareshi	59,058	0.36%
Invalid votes	356.411
total	16,847,717	100%

See also

• History of Iran since 1979

Remarks

1. ↑ The extremely high approval rate for Khamene'i casts doubt on a real election.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Second 1981 Presidential Election. In: syr.edu . Accessed December 1, 2018 .