Electoral history of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
This is a summary of the electoral history of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an Iranian Principlist politician who was President of Iran (2005-2013) and Mayor of Tehran (2003–2005).
City Council election
In 1998, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered for City Council of Tehran election. He failed to win a seat.[1]
Parliament election
2000
In 2000, Ahmadinejad registered for Iranian Parliament election from Tehran. He was supperted by Islamic Coalition Party, Combatant Clergy Association and was listed in Coalition of Followers of the Line of the Imam and Leader electoral list. Ahmadinejad lost the election.[2] He received 280,046 out of 2,931,113 votes and was ranked 68th.[3]
Mayoral of Tehran
On 3 May 2003, City Council of Tehran elected him as Mayor by a vote of 12 to 1, with 2 abstentions.[4]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 12 / 15 | 80 |
Presidential elections
2005
In the first round, Ahmadinejad finished second with 5,711,696 votes (19.43%). In the second round, Ahmadinejad won with 17,284,782 votes (61.69%).[5]
2009
Ahmadinejad won with 24,527,516 votes (62.63%).[6]
References
- احمدی‌نژاد زمان خداحافظی خود را تعیین کرد (in Persian), Rooz Online, archived from the original on 2 April 2015, retrieved 26 March 2015
- سالي كه احمدی‌نژاد در انتخابات راي نياورد (in Persian), baharnews.ir, retrieved 26 March 2015
- آگهی نتیجه انتخابات ششمین دوره مجلس شورای اسلامی در حوزه انتخابیه تهران، ری، شمیرانات و اسلامشهر, archived from the original on 9 June 2011
- احمدي‌نژاد شهردار تهران شد (in Persian), Iranian Students News Agency, retrieved 26 March 2015
- Electoral Geography of Iranian presidential election, 2005
- "نتایج نهایی دهمین دورهٔ انتخابات ریاست جمهوری" (in Persian). Ministry of Interior of Iran. 2009-06-13. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
