Iranian presidential elections, October 1981
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The Iranian presidential election of October 1981, took place on October 2, 1981, after the assassination of Mohammad Ali Rajai, the previous President of Iran, during the interim prime ministership of Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani. It led to the landslide victory of Ali Khamenei.
Of the total 16,841,800 total votes, the following numbers were won by each candidate:
- Ali Khamenei: 16,003,242 votes
- Ali Akbar Parvaresh: 342,600 votes
- Hassan Ghafourifard: 78,559 votes
- Reza Zavare'i: 62,133 votes
- Blank or invalid votes: 356,266 votes
Shargh's article on the October 1981 election (in Persian)