Electoral history of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
This is a summary of the electoral history of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an Iranian Principlist politician who was President of Iran (2005-2013) and Mayor of Tehran (2003–2005).
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City Council election
In 1998, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered for City Council of Tehran election. He failed to win a seat.[1]
Parliament election
2000
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In 2000, Ahmadinejad registered for Iranian Parliament election from Tehran. He was supperted by Islamic Coalition Party, Combatant Clergy Association and was listed in Coalition of Followers of the Line of the Imam and Leader electoral list. Ahmadinejad lost the election.[2] He received 280,046 out of 2,931,113 votes and was ranked 68th.[3]
Mayoral of Tehran
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On 3 May 2003, City Council of Tehran elected him as Mayor by a vote of 12 to 1, with 2 abstentions.[4]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
12 / 15
|
80 |
Presidential elections
2005
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| 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 |
2009
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (inc.) | 24,527,516 | 62.63% | |
| Mir-Hossein Mousavi | 13,216,411 | 33.75% | |
| Mohsen Rezaee | 678,240 | 1.73% | |
| Mehdi Karroubi | 333,635 | 0.85% | |
| Valid votes | 38,755,802 | 98.95% | |
| Blank or invalid votes | 409,389 | 1.05% | |
| Totals | 39,165,191 | 100.00% | |
| Voter turnout | 85% | ||
| Sources: Ministry of Interior of Iran[5] | |||
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