Presidential elections were held for the first time in Iran on 25 January 1980, one year after the Iranian Revolution when the Council of the Islamic Revolution was in power. Abolhassan Banisadr was elected president with 76% of the vote.
Candidates The number of the candidates registered to run for the presidency was 124, but only 96 of them were allowed to run. There were only 8 candidates with ballot access and the rest of candidates were write-in.
Candidates with ballot access Party nominees Hassan Habibi (Islamic Republican Party) Dariush Forouhar (Nation Party) Kazem Sami (JAMA) Non-partisan candidates Abolhassan Banisadr Ahmad Madani (National Front member) Sadeq Tabatabaei (Freedom Movement member) Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (Freedom Movement member) Mohammad Mokri (National Front member)
Withdrew Hassan Ayat (Independent; Islamic Republican Party member), endorsed Jalaleddin Farsi Jalaleddin Farsi (Islamic Republican Party nominee), ineligible to run for the office due to his Afghan origin Sadegh Khalkhali (Independent), endorsed Abolhassan Banisadr Massoud Rajavi (People's Mujahedin of Iran nominee), forced to withdraw for opposing the Islamic Republic constitution
Declined to run Ruhollah Khomeini, incumbent Supreme Leader of Iran Mohammad Beheshti, incumbent Chief Justice of Iran Mehdi Bazargan, former Prime Minister of Iran
Endorsements Organization Candidate Combatant Clergy AssociationAbolhassan BanisadrSociety of Seminary Teachers of QomHassan Habibi Islamic Republican PartyHassan Habibi Freedom Movement of IranNoneTudeh Party of IranHassan HabibiNation Party of IranDariush ForouharRevolutionary Movement of Muslim People of IranKazem SamiPeople's Mujahedin of IranNone Democratic Party of Iranian KurdistanNone Entessar, Nader. "Kurdish Politics in Regional Context". In Kurdish Politics in the Middle East. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. p. 44. , 9780739140390Organization of People's Fedaian Majority and MinorityNone Movement of Militant MuslimsNoneSocialist Workers' Party of IranBabak ZahraeiFada'iyan-e IslamAbolhassan BanisadrIslamic Association of Teachers of IranAbolhassan Banisadr
Election results Abolhassan Banisadr was elected as president.
Nationwide 1980 Iranian presidential election Party Candidate Votes % Independent Abolhassan Banisadr 10,709,330 75.6 IndependentNational Front member Ahmad Madani 2,224,554 15.71 Islamic Republican Party Hassan Habibi 674,859 3.35 Nation Party Dariush Forouhar 133,478 0.94 IndependentFreedom Movement of Iran member Sadeq Tabatabaei 114,776 0.81 JAMA Kazem Sami 89,270 0.63 Independent Sadegh Ghotbzadeh 48,547 0.34 Other candidates 2,110 0.01 Valid votes 13,994,814 98.93 Blank or invalid votes 151,806 1.07 Totals 14,146,620 100 Voter turnout 67.42Sources: Nohlen et al and Iran Social Science Data Portal
Tehran # Candidate Votes1Abolhassan Banisadr1,833,1972Ahmad Madani553,557 3Hassan Habibi90,228 4Sadeq Tabatabaei28,676 5Kazem Sami24,676 6Dariush Forouhar22,221 7Sadegh Ghotbzadeh12,2078Mohammad Mokri299 9Mahmoud Seirafizadeh169Others<100
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