Electoral history of Mohammad Khatami

This is a summary of the electoral history of Mohammad Khatami, an Iranian Reformist politician who has been previously President of Iran (1997-2005) and member of Islamic Consultative Assembly (1980-1982) from Ardakan.

Parliament election

1980

In the election he was placed first in Ardakan, receiving 32,942 out of 40,112 (82.1%) votes.[1]

Ministry approval

Khatami was nominated and approved for Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance by Iranian Parliament on consecutive times.[2]

Majlis Term Year Votes % Nominated by
1st 1982
121 / 170
27 against, 22 abstained
71.17Mir Hossein Mousavi
2nd1986
158 / 205
28 against, 19 abstained
77.07Mir Hossein Mousavi
3rd1988
175 / 247
57 against, 15 abstained
70.85Mir Hossein Mousavi
3rd1989
246 / 260
10 against, 4 abstained
94.61Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Presidential elections

1997

Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Association of Combatant Clerics Mohammad Khatami 20,078,187 69.6%
Combatant Clergy Association Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri 7,242,859 25.1%
Independent Reza Zavarei 771,460 2.7%
Association for Defence of Revolution Values Mohammad Reyshahri 742,598 2.6%
Blank or invalid votes 240,996
Totals 29,067,100 100.00%
Source: Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. I. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-19-924958-X. 

2001

Candidate Votes Percentage
Mohammad Khatami 21,659,053 77.1%
Ahmad Tavakkoli 4,393,544 15.6%
Ali Shamkhani 737,962 2.6%
Abdollah Jassbi 260,082 0.9%
Mahmoud Kashani 235,363 0.8%
Hassan Ghafourifard 129,222 0.4%
Mansour Razavi 114,327 0.4%
Shahab od-Din Sadr 59,646 0.2%
Ali Fallahian 55,176 0.2%
Mostafa Hashemitaba 28,090 0.1%
Valid votes 28,081,930 100.00%
Blank or invalid votes
Totals 28,081,930 100.00%
Voter turnout 67.77%
Sources: Ministry of Interior of Iran

References

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