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2024 Iranian presidential election

Iranian presidential election

Early presidential elections in Iran were held on 28 June and 5 July 2024,[1] in which reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won the second round with 54.76% of the vote, beating the conservative principlist Saeed Jalili.

2024 Iranian presidential election
← 2021 28 June 2024 (first round)
5 July 2024 (second round)
Registered61,452,321
Turnout39.93% (first round) Decrease 8.55pp
49.68% (second round)Increase 9.75pp
 
Nominee Masoud Pezeshkian Saeed Jalili
Party Independent Independent
Alliance Reformists Principlists
Popular vote 16,384,403 13,538,179
Percentage 54.76% 45.24%
President before election

Mohammad Mokhber (acting)
Independent

Elected President

Masoud Pezeshkian
Independent

Background

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After the death of the then president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May,[2] early elections were announced. Six candidates were approved to appear on the ballot, however two candidates dropped out before voting began. Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri and former Speaker Ali Larijani applied to run, however their candidacies were rejected.

Approved candidates

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The registration to run for the presidency started on 30 May and ended on 3 June. A total of 80 people, including four women, filed their candidacies for president.[3] Most candidates were seen as conservatives or ultra conservatives.[4]

The final list of candidates was released by the Guardian Council on 9 June.[5] Per Article 99 of the Constitution, those rejected by the council are not allowed to protest the rejection.[6]

Name Born Experience Party Result Ref
 
Masoud Pezeshkian 		29 September 1954
(age 70)
Mahabad, Iran 		Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
(since 2008)
Minister of Health and Medical Education
(2001–2005) 		Independent Elected in run-off round
 
Saeed Jalili 		6 September 1965
(age 59)
Mashhad, Iran 		Member of the Expediency Discernment Council
(since 2013)
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council
(2007–2013)
Chief Nuclear Negotiator
(2007–2013)
Presidential candidate (2013, 2021) 		Independent Lost in run-off round
 
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf 		23 August 1961
(age 63)
Torqabeh, Iran 		Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
(since 2020)
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
(2017–2020)
Mayor of Tehran
(2005–2017)
Presidential candidate (2005, 2013 and 2017) 		Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran Lost in first round
 
Mostafa Pourmohammadi 		9 March 1960
(age 64)
Qom, Iran 		Minister of Justice
(2013–2017)
Minister of Interior
(2005–2008) 		Combatant Clergy Association Lost in first round
 
Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi 		14 April 1971
(age 53)
Fariman, Iran 		Vice President of Iran
(since 2021)
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
(2008–2021)
Presidential candidate (2021) 		Islamic Law Party Withdrew in first round. Endorsed Jalili, Ghalibaf and Zakani[7] [8]
 
Alireza Zakani 		3 March 1966
(age 58)
Ray, Iran 		Mayor of Tehran
(since 2021)
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
(2004–2016; 2020–2021)
Presidential candidate (2021) 		Society of Pathseekers Withdrew in first round. Endorsed Jalili and Ghalibaf[9]

Polling

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Date Pollster Sample size Margin of error Jalili Ghalibaf Pezeshkian Hashemi Zakani Pourmohammadi Haven't decided Lead
4 July Islamic Consultative Assembly[10] 44.2% 53.7% 9.5%
3 July Iranian Students News Agency[11] ±2% 43.9% 49.5% 5.6%
26 June Tehran University[12] 3.5% 26.8% 23.3% 32.9% 3.6% 1.7% 1.6% 7.7% 6.1%
26 June Iranian Students Polling Agency[13] 3589 28.8% 19.1% 33.1% 2.8% 2.1% 1.4% 10.5% 4.3%
22–24 June Mellat Opinion Poll Institute (Islamic Consultative Assembly)[14] 1100 16.3% 16.9% 23.5% 3.2% 1.2% 0.5% 38.4% 6.6%
22–23 June Shenaakht[15] 1000 20% 19% 28% 3% 1% 1% 28% 8%
22–23 June Imam Sadeq University[16] 1500 21.5% 23.4% 24.4% 4.5% 2.4% 2% 21.8% 1%
22–23 June Iranian Students Polling Agency[17] 4057 24% 14.7% 24.4% 2% 1.7% 0.7% 30.6% 0.4%
18–20 June IRIB[source?] 22.5% 19.5% 19.4% 2.7% 2.2% 0.9% 28.4% 3%
18–20 June Mellat Opinion Poll Institute (Islamic Consultative Assembly) [18] 850 18.2% 20.7% 18.9% 4.6% 2% 1.8% 33.8% 1.8%
18–19 June Iranian Students Polling Agency[19] 4545 26.2% 19% 19.8% 2.6% 2% 0.9% 27.4% 6.4%
18–19 June Imam Sadeq University [20] 23.5% 29.3% 30% 2.7% 1.2% 1.1% 12.4% 0.7%
11–13 June Research Center for Culture, Art and Communication[21] 36.7% 30.4% 28.3% 1.4% 1.7% 1.4% 62%[a] 6.3%
30 May Beginning of registration

Results

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In the first round, Masoud Pezeshkian won 44%, Saeed Jalili won 40%, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf won 14% and Mostafa Pourmohammadi won less than 1% of the vote. Pezeshkian was the only reformist candidate on the ballot.[22]

Since no candidate won a majority in the first round, a run off vote was held on 5 July between Jalili and Pezeshkian.[23] Pezeshkian won with 55% of the vote. The next day, he was declared the winner of the election.[24][25]

Aftermath

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With a 39.93% turnout, the first round of the election saw the lowest participation for a presidential election in the Islamic Republic's history.[26] The turnout improved in the second round to 49.68%.

Pezeshkian will be inaugurated as president in early August.[27][28]

Notes

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  1. ↑ This poll took the percentages of the candidates among those who already had a preference. Hence, this percentage is only representative.

References

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  1. ↑ "Iran to hold presidential elections on June 28 after Raisi's death". Al Arabiya. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Iran helicopter crash: President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash". BBC News. 20 May 2024. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Iran parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf announces presidential bid". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "En Iran, 80 candidats pour une élection présidentielle jouée d'avance". Courrier international (in French). 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ghalibaf among six approved to run in Iran's presidential election". Al Jazeera. 9 June 2024. Archived from the original on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "ببینید کاندیداها بعد از اعلام اسامی توسط شورای نگهبان حق اعتراض ندارند!". etemadonline.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Ghazizadeh Hashemi Drops Out of Presidential Race in Favor of Fellow Conservatives". Iran International. 26 June 2024. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "قاضی زاده هاشمی پوششی از آب درآمد". اعتمادآنلاین (in Persian). 27 June 2024. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Alireza Zakani pulls out of presidential race". Mehr News Agency. 27 June 2024. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "جدیدترین نظرسنجی انتخابات منتشر شد،پزشکیان در صدر". اعتمادآنلاین (in Persian). 2024-07-05. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  11. ↑ "جدیدترین نظرسنجی ایسنا از نتیجه انتخابات ۱۵ تیر؛ مسعود پزشکیان پیشتاز است". اعتمادآنلاین (in Persian). 2024-07-05. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  12. ↑ "جلیلی در چه صورت از پزشکیان شکست می‌خورد؟ +نظرسنجی". Ettelaat (in Persian). 27 June 2024. Archived from the original on 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "آخرین نظرسنجی ایسپا منتشر شد". مرکز افکارسنجی دانشجویان ایران. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "نتایج موج چهارم نظرسنجی انجام شده درخصوص مشارکت در انتخابات". قدس آنلاین (in Persian). 26 June 2024. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "Shenakht". shenaakht.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  16. ↑ "نظرسنجی سبد رأی نامزدهای ریاست جمهوری چهاردهم - تسنیم". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim (in Persian). Archived from the original on 24 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  17. ↑ "آخرین نظرسنجی ایسپا منتشر شد". مرکز افکارسنجی دانشجویان ایران. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  18. ↑ "Poll: 45.5% of eligible voters will vote in Iran's Friday presidential election". ifpnews.com. 22 June 2024. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  19. ↑ "انتشار آخرین یافته‌های نظرسنجی انتخاباتی مرکز افکارسنجی جهاددانشگاهی". ایسنا (in Persian). 20 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  20. ↑ آنلاین, اطلاعات (20 June 2024). "ریزش آرای یک کاندیدا؛ رقابت نهایی بین چه کسانی است؟". fa (in Persian). Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  21. ↑ آنلاین, اطلاعات. "نتایج شوکه کننده یک نظرسنجی| پدیده انتخابات در سایه پیش می‌رود +عکس". fa (in Persian). Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  22. ↑ "Profile: Masoud Pezeshkian, new reformist president of Islamic Republic of Iran". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  23. ↑ Gambrell, Jon; Karimi, Nasser (29 June 2024). "Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  24. ↑ Cassini, Farnaz; Vinograd, Cassandra (5 July 2024). "Reformist Candidate Wins Iran's Presidential Election". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  25. ↑ "Centrist Masoud Pezeshkian will be Iran's next president". Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera Media Network. 6 July 2024. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  26. ↑ "Iran heads to presidential run-off amid record low turnout". Al Jazeera. 29 June 2024. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  27. ↑ Reformist lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential vote Archived 6 July 2024 at the Wayback Machine By Nadeen Ebrahim and Michael Rios. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  28. ↑ Pezeshkian To Be Sworn In As Iran's President Early Next Month Radio Free Europe.By RFE et al. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 8 july 2024.
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