Iranian presidential election, October 1981

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The Iranian presidential election of October 1981, took place on October 2, 1981, after the assassination of Mohammad Ali Rajai, the previous President of Iran, during the interim prime ministership of Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani. It led to the landslide victory of Ali Khamenei.

Of the total 16,841,800 total votes, the following numbers were won by each candidate:

Candidate	Votes	%
Ali Khamenei	16,003,242	95.02 %
Ali Akbar Parvaresh	342,600	2.034 %
Hassan Ghafourifard	78,559	0.467 %
Reza Zavare'i	62,133	0.369 %
Blank or invalid votes	356,266	2.12 %

[edit] External links

• Shargh's article on the October 1981 election (in Persian)

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