October 1981 Iranian presidential election

{{Infobox election

| country = Iran

| type = presidential

| previous_election = July 1981 Iranian presidential election

| previous_year = July 1981

| next_election = 1985 Iranian presidential election

| next_year = 1985

| election_date = 2 October 1981

| registered = 22,687,017

| turnout = 74.26% ({{increase}} 10.02pp)

| image1 = Portrait of Ali Khamenei - 1981.jpg

| nominee1 = Ali Khamenei

| party1 = Islamic Republican Party

| alliance1 = Grand Coalition

| popular_vote1 = 16,007,072

| percentage1 = 95.01%

| image2 = Ali Akbar Parvaresh - 1979.jpg

| nominee2 = Ali-Akbar Parvaresh

| party2 = Islamic Coalition Party

| alliance2 =

| popular_vote2 = 341,841

| percentage2 = 2.03%

| title = President

| before_election = Mohammad-Ali Rajai

| before_party = Islamic Association of Teachers of Iran

| after_election = Ali Khamenei

| after_party = Islamic Republican Party

}}

Presidential elections were held in Iran on 2 October 1981 following the assassination of president Mohammad-Ali Rajai. Ali Khamenei was elected with 95% of the vote.

Campaign

Ali Akbar Parvaresh, Hassan Ghafourifard and Reza Zavare'i all publicly endorsed Khamenei for president, stating on television that they would vote for him.{{citation|url=http://www.tarikhirani.ir/fa/news/All/bodyView/5817/index.html|title=Candidates Voted For Khamenei|via=Iranian History|language=fa|date=17 April 2017|access-date=5 June 2017}}

Results

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! colspan="8" \| October 1981 Iranian presidential election
rowspan="2" colspan="2"\| Party ! rowspan="2"\| Candidate ! colspan="2"\| Nohen et al{{cite book\|first1=Dieter\|last1=Nohlen\|author-link1=Dieter Nohlen\|first2=Florian\|last2=Grotz\|first3=Christof \|last3=Hartmann \|year=2001\|title=Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook\|chapter=Iran\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|volume=I\|page=75\|isbn=0-19-924958-X}} ! colspan="2"\|ISSDP{{Citation\|title=Second 1981 Presidential Election\|work = The Iran Social Science Data Portal \|publisher = Princeton University\|url=http://irandataportal.syr.edu:80/second-1981-presidential-election\|access-date= 10 August 2015}}
Votes ! % ! Votes ! %
style="background:#000000; width:3px;" \| \| Islamic Republican Party \| Ali Khamenei \| style="text-align:right;" \| 16,007,072 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 95.01 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 16,008,579 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 95.05
style="background:#000000; width:3px;" \| \| Islamic Coalition Party \| Ali Akbar Parvaresh \| style="text-align:right;" \| 341,841 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 2.03 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 341,874 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 2.02
style="background:#000000; width:3px;" \| \| Islamic Republican Party \| Hassan Ghafourifard \| style="text-align:right;" \| 75,658 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 0.45 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 80,545 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 0.48
style="background:#000000; width:3px;" \| \| Islamic Republican Party \| Reza Zavare'i \| style="text-align:right;" \| 62,156 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 0.37 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 59,058 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 0.35
style="background:#eee" \| colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" \| Blank or invalid votes \| style="text-align:right;" \| 360,269 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 2.14 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 357,661 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 2.12
style="background:#eee" \| colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" \| Totals \| style="text-align:right;" \| 16,846,996 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 100 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 16,847,717 \| style="text-align:right;" \| 100

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! colspan="8" | October 1981 Iranian presidential election

rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party

! rowspan="2"| Candidate

! colspan="2"| Nohen et al{{cite book|first1=Dieter|last1=Nohlen|author-link1=Dieter Nohlen|first2=Florian|last2=Grotz|first3=Christof |last3=Hartmann |year=2001|title=Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook|chapter=Iran|publisher=Oxford University Press|volume=I|page=75|isbn=0-19-924958-X}}

! colspan="2"|ISSDP{{Citation|title=Second 1981 Presidential Election|work = The Iran Social Science Data Portal |publisher = Princeton University|url=http://irandataportal.syr.edu:80/second-1981-presidential-election|access-date= 10 August 2015}}

Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

style="background:#000000; width:3px;" |

| Islamic Republican Party

| Ali Khamenei

| style="text-align:right;" | 16,007,072

| style="text-align:right;" | 95.01

| style="text-align:right;" | 16,008,579

| style="text-align:right;" | 95.05

style="background:#000000; width:3px;" |