Date of Election | 18 June 2021 |
Number of Eligible Voters | 59,310,3071 |
Number of Actual Voters | 28,989,5292 |
Voter Turnout (%) | 48.8% |
Number of Candidates Registered to Run | 5923 |
Number of Female Candidates Registered to Run | 404 |
Number of Candidates Allowed to Run | 75 |
Percentage of Candidates Allowed to Run | 1.2% |
Election Winner | Seyyed Ebrahimi Ra’isi |
Number and Percentage of Votes Received by Winner | 18,021,945 62.16% |
First Runner-Up | Mohsen Reza’i |
First Runner-Up Number and Percentage of Votes Received | 3,440,835 11.86% |
Margin of Victory by the Winner | 50.3% |
Names and Votes of Other Candidates | Abdolnaser Hemmati 2,443,387 8.42% Seyyed Amir-Hoseyn Qazizadeh-Hashemi 1,003,650 3.46% |
Invalid Ballots | 4,079,712 (14.07%) |
Notes:
- 1,392,148 Iranians were eligible to vote for the first time in this election. According to the spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry, some 3.5 million expatriate Iranians were eligible to vote. See https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-57452241
- Of the 592 registered candidates, 272 had a BA degree or less, and 320 had MA or higher degrees. 89 of the registered candidates were below the age of 40, 495 were between 40 and 75, and 8 people were above 75 years of age.
Sources:
[5] Seyyed Ebrahim Ra`isi, Saeed Jaili, Mohsen Reza’i, Abdolnasser Hemmati, Seyyed Amir-Hoseyn Qazizadeh- Hashemi, Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh, and Alireza Zakani.
Provincial votes for 2021 presidential election
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