Electoral history of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

This is a summary of the electoral history of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, an Iranian politician who was member of Assembly of Experts from Tehran Province since 1982 and Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council since 1989, and has been previously Chairman of the Assembly of Experts (2007–2011), President of Iran (1989–1997), and The Speaker and member of Islamic Consultative Assembly (1980–1989) from Tehran and Minister of Interior (1979–1980).

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in 2008

Parliament elections

1980
Main article: 1980 Iranian legislative election

He was elected to the Parliament representing Tehran with 1,151,514 (54%) votes.[1] He was ranked 15th in the constituency and won a seat in first round.[2]

1984
Main article: 1984 Iranian legislative election

He was elected to the Parliament representing Tehran with 1,891,264 (81.9%) votes.[3] He received the most votes and won the first seat in the constituency.[4]

1988
Main article: 1988 Iranian legislative election

He was elected to the Parliament representing Tehran with 1,573,587 (82.3%) votes.[5] He received the most votes and won the first seat in the constituency.[4]

2000
Main article: 2000 Iranian legislative election

He received 749,884 (25.58%) votes and secured 30th and the last seat of Tehran for the parliament, but withdrawed after the election.[6]

Speaker of the Parliament elections

He was elected as Speaker of the Parliament of Iran in 10 consecutive sessions (3 terms).[7][8]

TermYearsSessionVotes%Deputy
1st1980–19841st
146 / 196
74.5Ali-Akbar Parvaresh
2nd
140 / 167
83.8Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
3rd
167 / 188
88.8Mohammad Yazdi
4th165–
2nd1984–19881st
181 / 189
95.7
2nd
200 / 228
87.7
3rd
179 / 224
79.9Mehdi Karroubi
4th
183 / 230
79.5Mohammad Yazdi
3rd1988–19891st
187 / 192
97.4Mehdi Karroubi
2nd
230 / 241
95.4

Presidential elections

1989
Main article: 1989 Iranian presidential election
1989 Iranian presidential election
Party Candidate Nohen et al[9] ISSDP[10]
Votes % Votes %
Combatant Clergy Association Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 15,537,394 94.51 15,550,528 94.52
Independent Abbas Sheibani 632,583 3.85 635,165 3.86
Blank or invalid votes 269,270 1.64 266,984 1.62
Totals 16,439,247 100 16,452,677 100

1993
Main article: 1993 Iranian presidential election
Party Candidate Nohen et al[11] ISSDP[12] UPI[13] / IRNA[14]
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Combatant Clergy Association Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 10,449,933 64 10,566,499 63 10,553,344 63.2
Independent Ahmad Tavakkoli 3,972,201 24.3 4,026,879 23.97 3,976,165 23.8
Independent Abdollah Jassbi 1,511,574 9.3 1,498,084 8.92 1,515,632 9.1
Independent Rajabali Taheri 394,981 2.4 387,655 2.31 401,579 2.4
Blank or invalid votes Not reported 317,670 1.89 253,530 1.5
Totals 16,328,689 100.00 16,796,787 100.00 16,700,250 100.00

2005
Main article: 2005 Iranian presidential election
 Summary of the 17 and 24 June 2005 Iranian Presidential election results
Candidate 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 5,711,696 19.43 17,284,782 61.69
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 6,211,937 21.13 10,046,701 35.93
Mehdi Karroubi 5,070,114 17.24
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf 4,095,827 13.93
Mostafa Moeen 4,083,951 13.89
Ali Larijani 1,713,810 5.83
Mohsen Mehralizadeh 1,288,640 4.38
Blank or invalid votes 1,224,882 4.17 663,770 2.37
Total (turnout 62.66% and 59.6%) 29,400,857 100 27,959,253 100

2013
Main articles: 2013 Iranian presidential election and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani presidential campaign, 2013

Assembly of Experts

1982

According to Abbas Abdi, he received ≈2.22 million votes out of ≈3.2 votes (≈69%) in Tehran.[15]

1990

According to Abbas Abdi, he received ≈1.60 million votes out of ≈1.9 votes (≈82%) in Tehran.[15]

1998

According to Abbas Abdi, he received ≈1.68 million votes out of ≈2.8 votes (≈60%) in Tehran.[15]

2006
Main article: 2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election
# Candidate Electoral lists Votes
TS SDIR ESU CPE R NTP MDP
1 Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniYesYesYesYesYesYes1,564,197
2 Mohammad Emami-KashaniYesYesYesYes1,027,767
3 Ali MeshkiniYesYesYesYesYesYes1,015,500
4 Mohammad YazdiYesYesYesYes970,192
5 Ahmad JannatiYesYesYesYesYes929,403
6 Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-YazdiYesYesYesYes879,883
7 Hassan RouhaniYesYesYesYesYes844,190
8 Qorbanali Dorri-NajafabadiYesYesYesYesYes736,387
9 Mohsen KazerouniYesYesYesYes716,828
10 Mohsen KharaziYesYesYesYesYesYesYes688,212
11 Reza Ostadi-MoqaddamYesYesYesYesYesYes650,391
12 Abdolnabi NamaziYesYesYes602,096
13 Mohammad Baqer BaqeriYesYesYesYes598,352
14 Mohammad Mohammadi GilaniYesYesYesYesYes574,688
15 Mohsen QomiYesYesYesYes543,951
16 Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Marashi518,129
Sources:

Votes (Assembly of Experts Official Website)

Votes (Iranian Students' News Agency

Electoral lists (Assembly of Experts Official Website)

Electoral lists (Fars News Agency)

Chairman of the Assembly of Experts elections
TermDateCandidateVotes%
4th25 July 2007[16]Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
41 / 75
54.7
Ahmad Jannati
34 / 75
45.3
Mohammad Yazdi Withdrew
10 March 2009[17]Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
51 / 79
65.55
Mohammad Yazdi
26 / 79
32.9
8 March 2011[18]Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
83 / 84
98.8
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Withdrew
10 March 2015 (1st Round)[19]Mohammad Yazdi
35 / 73
47.9
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
25 / 73
34.2
Mohammad Momen
13 / 73
17.8
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Withdrew
10 March 2015 (2nd Round)[19]Mohammad Yazdi
47 / 73
64.4
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
24 / 73
32.9

References
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