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
Main article: 1980 Iranian legislative election

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 TermYearVotes%Nominated by
1st1982
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
Main article: 1997 Iranian presidential election
1997 Iranian presidential election
Party Candidate Nohen et al[3] ISSDP[4]
Votes % Votes %
Association of Combatant Clerics Mohammad Khatami 20,078,187 69.07 20,138,784 69.1
Combatant Clergy Association Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri 7,242,859 24.91 7,248,317 24.87
Independent Reza Zavarei 771,460 2.65 772,707 2.65
Association for Defence of Revolution Values Mohammad Reyshahri 742,598 2.55 744,205 2.65
Blank or invalid votes 240,996 0.93 241,732 0.83
Totals 29,067,100 100 29,145,745 100

2001
Main article: 2001 Iranian presidential election
Candidate Votes %
Mohammad Khatami 21,656,476 76.90
Ahmad Tavakkoli 4,387,112 15.58
Ali Shamkhani 737,051 2.61
Abdollah Jassbi 259,759 0.92
Mahmoud Kashani 237,660 0.84
Hassan Ghafourifard 129,155 0.45
Mansour Razavi 114,616 0.40
Shahabedin Sadr 60,546 0.21
Ali Fallahian 55,225 0.19
Mostafa Hashemitaba 27,949 0.09
Valid votes 27,665,549 98.25
Blank or invalid votes 493,740 1.75
Totals 28,159,289 100.00%
Sources: Sahliyeh[5] and RFE/RL[6]

References
  1. Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles (PDF), Iranian Parliament, p. 124
  2. کابینه 10 دولت پیشین: سابقه رای اعتماد مجلسی‌ ها (in Persian), IRINN, retrieved 23 March 2015
  3. 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.
  4. "1997 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
  5. Sahliyeh, Emile (2002). "The Reforming Elections in Iran, 2000–2001". Electoral Studies. Elsevier. 21 (3): 526–533. doi:10.1016/S0261-3794(01)00041-5.
  6. Samii, Bill (11 June 2001). "Four More Years of What?". Iran Report. Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 4 (22).
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