1989 Iranian presidential election

none 1989 Iranian presidential election Iran presidential no 1985 Iranian presidential election 1985 1993 Iranian presidential election 1993 28 July 1989 30,139,598 54.59% ( 0.19pp) President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (cropped).jpg Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Combatant Clergy Association Modern Right 15,537,394 94.5% Abbas Shaybani - 1979.jpg Abbas Sheibani Independent politician Traditional Righta Origin of the Principlists 632,583 3.8% President Ali Khamenei Combatant Clergy Association Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Combatant Clergy Association Presidential elections were held in Iran on 28 July 1989, after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the selection of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the previous President of Iran, as the new Supreme Leader of Iran. Out of the seventy-nine candidates registered to run, only two were approved by the Council of Guardians, which resulted in a very predictable win by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the previous Speaker of Majlis. The Iranian constitution was amended by referendum on the same day. Candidates Disqualified candidates The Guardian Council disqualified some candidates who enrolled to run for president, including: Ebrahim Yazdi, Head of Political Bureau of Freedom Movement of IranFarhang Rajaee Islamism and Modernism: The Changing Discourse in Iran University of Texas Press 2010 156–157 9780292774360 Results 1989 Iranian presidential election Party Candidate Nohen et alDieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen Florian Grotz Christof Hartmann 2001 Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook Iran Oxford University Press I 76 0-19-924958-X ISSDP 1989 Presidential Election The Iran Social Science Data Portal Princeton University https://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/elections/pres/1989/ 10 August 2015 Votes % Votes % Combatant Clergy Association Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 15,537,394 94.51 15,550,528 94.52 Independent Abbas Sheibani 632,583 3.85 635,165 3.86 Blank or invalid votes 269,270 1.64 266,984 1.62 Totals 16,439,247 100 16,452,677 100 Notes References Category:Presidential elections in Iran Category:1989 elections in Iran Iran