Electoral history of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

This is a summary of the electoral history of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, an Iranian Principlist politician who is Mayor of Tehran since 2005.

Mayoral of Tehran
See also: List of Mayors of Tehran

City Council of Tehran elected Ghalibaf as Mayor on three consecutive terms.

2005
CandidateVotes[1]%
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
8 / 15
53.33
Other Candidates (total)
7 / 15
47.66

2007

The election was exhaustive due to high number of candidates. In first and second rounds, every elector was able to cast two votes to two candidates.[2] In next rounds, every voter had 1 vote to cast. The result of round 3 run-off, was repeated twice. Lost candidates in first round include Nasrin Soltankhah, Tahmasb Mazaheri and Ali Abdolalizadeh among others.[3]

RoundCandidateVotes[4]%
1Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
10 / 15
33.33
Hassan Bayadi
10 / 15
33.33
Amir Reza Khadem
9 / 15
30
Mohammad Saeedikia
6 / 15
20
12 Other Candidates<6-
2Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
8 / 15
26.66
Amir Reza Khadem
8 / 15
26.66
Hassan Bayadi
7 / 15
23.33
Nader Shariatmadari
5 / 15
16.66
Mohammad SaeedikiaWithdrew
3, 4, 5Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
7 / 15
46.66
Amir Reza Khadem
7 / 15
46.66
Blank vote16.66
6Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
7 / 15
46.66
Amir Reza Khadem
6 / 15
40
Blank vote213.33
7Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
8 / 15
53.33
Amir Reza Khadem
6 / 15
40
Blank vote16.66

2013

After a tie with Reformist-backed Mohsen Hashemi in first round, Ghalibaf controversially won the election in second round's anonymous voting when Reform-affiliated member Elaheh Rastgou voted for him.[5]

RoundCandidateVotes[6]%
1Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
15 / 31
48.38
Mohsen Hashemi
15 / 31
48.38
Blank vote13.2
2Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
16 / 31
51.61
Mohsen Hashemi
14 / 31
45.16
Invalid vote13.2

Presidential elections

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 article: 2013 Iranian presidential election
2013 Iranian presidential election
Candidate Party Votes %
Hassan RouhaniModeration and Development Party18,613,32950.71
Mohammad Bagher GhalibafProgress and Justice Population6,077,29216.56
Saeed JaliliFront of Islamic Revolution Stability4,168,94611.36
Mohsen RezaeeResistance Front of Islamic Iran3,884,41210.58
Ali Akbar VelayatiFront of Followers of the Line of Imam and Leader2,268,7536.18
Mohammad GharaziIndependent446,0151.22
Invalid/blank votes1,245,4093.39
Total votes cast36,704,156100
Registered voters/turnout50,483,19272.71
Source: Ministry of Interior of Iran

References
  1. كليد شهرداري تهران با ۸ راي به "قاليباف" سپرده شد (in Persian), asre-nou.net, retrieved 26 March 2015
  2. انتخاب شهردار تهران ساعت 14 (in Persian), asriran.com, retrieved 26 March 2015
  3. قاليباف با 8 راي موافق، پنجاه و هشتمين شهردار تهران شد (in Persian), Iranian Students News Agency, retrieved 26 March 2015
  4. با رأي اكثريت اعضاي شوراي شهرقاليباف در "بهشت" ماند (in Persian), Kayhan, retrieved 26 March 2015
  5. هیاهو برای یک رای/ پرونده‌ای درباره رای الهه راستگو (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 26 March 2015
  6. قالیباف شهردارتهران شد (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 26 March 2015
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