1980 Iranian presidential election

none August 2021 1980 Iranian presidential election Iran Flag of Iran (1964).svg presidential no July 1981 Iranian presidential election July 1981 25 January 1980 20,993,643 67.42% Abolhassan Banisadr portrait 1980 1.jpg Abolhassan Banisadr Independent politician Independent politician a Abolhassan Banisadr was considered an Islamic-liberal and was in a centrist position among Secularists/Liberals and Islamists/Conservatives. 10,709,330 75.6% Ahmad Madani by NLAI.jpg Ahmad Madani Independent politician Independent politician 2,224,554 15.71% File:Iranian presidential election, 1980 by province.svg Results by ProvinceBanisadr: #c6c6c6 40–50% #8d8d8d 60–70% #737373 70–80% #5a5a5a 80–90% #424242 >90%Madani: #53bfbf 60–70% President Abolhassan Banisadr Independent politician Presidential elections were held for the first time in Iran on 25 January 1980, one year after the Iranian Revolution when the Council of the Islamic Revolution was in power. Abolhassan Banisadr was elected president with 76% of the vote. Candidates The number of the candidates registered to run for the presidency was 124, but only 96 of them were allowed to run. There were only 8 candidates with ballot access and the rest of candidates were write-in. Candidates with ballot access Party nominees Hassan Habibi (Islamic Republican Party) Dariush Forouhar (Nation Party) Kazem Sami (JAMA) Non-partisan candidates Abolhassan Banisadr Ahmad Madani (National Front member) Sadeq Tabatabaei (Freedom Movement member) Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (Freedom Movement member) Mohammad Mokri (National Front member) Withdrew Hassan Ayat (Independent; Islamic Republican Party member), endorsed Jalaleddin Farsi Jalaleddin Farsi (Islamic Republican Party nominee), ineligible to run for the office due to his Afghan origin Sadegh Khalkhali (Independent), endorsed Abolhassan Banisadr Massoud Rajavi (People's Mujahedin of Iran nominee), forced to withdraw for opposing the Islamic Republic constitution Declined to run Ruhollah Khomeini, incumbent Supreme Leader of Iran Mohammad Beheshti, incumbent Chief Justice of Iran Mehdi Bazargan, former Prime Minister of Iran Endorsements Organization Candidate Combatant Clergy AssociationAbolhassan Banisadrhttp://www.irdc.ir/FA/content/30110/default.aspx First Term of Presidential Elections; 25 January 1980 اولین دوره انتخابات ریاست جمهوری؛ 5 بهمن 1358 Persian 30110 28 October 2016 Islamic Revolution Document Center dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140303195801/http://www.irdc.ir/FA/content/30110/default.aspx 3 March 2014Society of Seminary Teachers of QomHassan Habibi (Replaced Abolhassan Banisadr)Islamic Republican PartyHassan Habibi (Replaced Jalaleddin Farsi)Freedom Movement of IranNoneTudeh Party of IranHassan HabibiFattah Gholami http://jamejamonline.ir/ayam/1807989577116624823/اولین-انتخابات-ریاست-جمهوری-چگونه-برگزار-شد How the First Term of Presidential Elections Was Held اولین انتخابات ریاست جمهوری چگونه برگزار شد Persian 383451 28 October 2016 25 January 2015 Jaam-e Jam https://web.archive.org/web/20161031193034/http://jamejamonline.ir/ayam/1807989577116624823/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%DA%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF 31 October 2016 deadNation Party of IranDariush ForouharRevolutionary Movement of Muslim People of IranKazem SamiPeople's Mujahedin of IranNone (Initially Massoud Rajavi)Ervand Abrahamian Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin I.B.Tauris 1989 9781850430773 3 Society and culture in the modern Middle East p. 198Democratic Party of Iranian KurdistanNone (Initially Massoud Rajavi)Entessar, Nader. "Kurdish Politics in Regional Context". In Kurdish Politics in the Middle East. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. p. 44. 0739140396, 9780739140390Organization of People's Fedaian Majority and MinorityNone (Initially Massoud Rajavi)Parsa Misagh 1989 Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution Rutgers University Press 255 0813514126Movement of Militant MuslimsNoneSocialist Workers' Party of IranBabak ZahraeiFada'iyan-e IslamAbolhassan BanisadrIslamic Association of Teachers of IranAbolhassan Banisadr Election results Abolhassan Banisadr was elected as president. Nationwide 1980 Iranian presidential election Party Candidate Votes % Independent Abolhassan Banisadr 10,709,330 75.6 IndependentNational Front member Ahmad Madani 2,224,554 15.71 Islamic Republican Party Hassan Habibi 674,859 3.35 Nation Party Dariush Forouhar 133,478 0.94 IndependentFreedom Movement of Iran member Sadeq Tabatabaei 114,776 0.81 JAMA Kazem Sami 89,270 0.63 Independent Sadegh Ghotbzadeh 48,547 0.34 Other candidates 2,110 0.01 Valid votes 13,994,814 98.93 Blank or invalid votes 151,806 1.07 Totals 14,146,620 100 Voter turnout 67.42Sources: Nohlen et alDieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen Florian Grotz Christof Hartmann 2001 Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook Iran Oxford University Press I 75 0-19-924958-X and Iran Social Science Data Portal1980 Presidential Election http://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/elections/pres/1980/ Princeton University 15 February 2013 Iran Social Science Data Portal 4 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130304190442/http://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/elections/pres/1980/ dead Tehran # Candidate Votes1Abolhassan Banisadr1,833,1972Ahmad Madani553,557 3Hassan Habibi90,228 4Sadeq Tabatabaei28,676 5Kazem Sami24,676 6Dariush Forouhar22,221 7Sadegh Ghotbzadeh12,2078Mohammad Mokri299 9Mahmoud Seirafizadeh169Others<100 Notes References Category:Presidential elections in Iran Category:1980 elections in Iran Category:Aftermath of the Iranian Revolution Iran