1993 Presidential Election

Date of Election 11 June 1993
Number of Eligible Voters 33,156,055
Number of Actual Voters 16,796,787
Voter Turnout (%) 50.66
Number of Candidates Registered to Run 128
Number of Candidates Allowed to Run (1) 4
Percentage of Candidates Allowed to Run 3.12%
Election Winner Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani
Number and Percentage of Votes Received by Winner 10,566,499 (63%)
First Runner-Up Ahmad Tavakkoli
First Runner-Up Number and Percentage of Votes Received 4,026,879 (23,97%)
Margin of Victory by the Winner 39.0%
Names and Votes of Other Candidates Rajab-Ali Taheri, 387,655 (2.31%)

Abdollah Jasebi, 1,498,084 (8.92%)

Sources:

Ministry of Interior, http://www.moi.ir

http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news-82636.aspx

http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8802260290

Notes:

BBC Persian puts Taheri’s votes at 114,776 and Jasebi’s at 89,280. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/05/090509_ra_ir88_candidates.shtml

There is no public data available on the number of female candidates who submitted their candidacy.

(1) Candidates submitting their candidacy are first vetted by the Ministry of Interior and then by the Guardian Council. The number we show under `candidates allowed to run` represents the number of candidates allowed to run after the vetting processes by both the Ministry of Interior and the Guardian Council are completed.

 

 Breakdown of Votes Based on Province

Province Eligible Voters     Votes     Turnout (percent)
East Azerbaijan  2,016,731  886,902 43.98
West Azerbaijan  1,345,556  656,636 48.8
Ardabil  645,525  317,358 49.16
Esfahan  2,266,818  953,507 42.06
Ilam  240,693  159,477 66.26
Bushehr  384,750  219,636 57.09
Tehran  6,429,600  3,038,885 47.26
Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari  411,468  205,707 49.99
Khorasan  3,439,237  1,754,855 51.02
Khuzestan  1,751,681  798,806 45.6
Zanjan  1,028,137  560,148 54.48
Semnan  289,631  186,953 64.55
Sistan and Baluchestan  739,575  317,075 42.87
Fars  2,031,300  1,123,768 55.32
Kurdistan  694,687  381,790 54.96
Kerman  1,052,718  575,771 54.69
Kermanshah  970,312  510,082 52.57
Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad  254,362  168,139 66.1
Gilan  1,442,812  650,254 45.07
Lorestan  825,075  535,332 64.88
Mazandaran  2,311,706  1,300,906 56.27
Markazi  721,406  377,702 52.36
Hormozgan  490,001  254,940 52.03
Hamadan  960,806  506,361 52.7
Yazd  411,468  247,751 60.21
Iran (total)  33,156,055  16,796,787

(including Iranians abroad)

50.66