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[edit]
City Council of Tehran elected Ghalibaf as Mayor on three consecutive terms.
2005[edit]
| Candidate | Votes[1] | % |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | 8 / 15 |
53.33 |
| Other Candidates (total) | 7 / 15 |
47.66 |
2007[edit]
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]
| Round | Candidate | Votes[4] | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammad 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 | - | |
| 2 | Mohammad 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 Saeedikia | Withdrew | ||
| 3, 4, 5 | Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | 7 / 15 |
46.66 |
| Amir Reza Khadem | 7 / 15 |
46.66 | |
| Blank vote | 1 | 6.66 | |
| 6 | Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | 7 / 15 |
46.66 |
| Amir Reza Khadem | 6 / 15 |
40 | |
| Blank vote | 2 | 13.33 | |
| 7 | Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | 8 / 15 |
53.33 |
| Amir Reza Khadem | 6 / 15 |
40 | |
| Blank vote | 1 | 6.66 | |
2013[edit]
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]
| Round | Candidate | Votes[6] | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | 15 / 31 |
48.38 |
| Mohsen Hashemi | 15 / 31 |
48.38 | |
| Blank vote | 1 | 3.2 | |
| 2 | Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | 16 / 31 |
51.61 |
| Mohsen Hashemi | 14 / 31 |
45.16 | |
| Invalid vote | 1 | 3.2 |
Presidential elections[edit]
2005[edit]
In the first round, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf finished fourth with 4,095,827 votes (13.93%) and did not advance to the second round.[7]
2013[edit]
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf finished second with 6,077,292 votes (16.56%).[8]
References[edit]
- ^ كليد شهرداري تهران با ۸ راي به "قاليباف" سپرده شد (in Persian), asre-nou.net, retrieved 26 March 2015
- ^ انتخاب شهردار تهران ساعت 14 (in Persian), asriran.com, retrieved 26 March 2015
- ^ قاليباف با 8 راي موافق، پنجاه و هشتمين شهردار تهران شد (in Persian), Iranian Students News Agency, retrieved 26 March 2015
- ^ با رأي اكثريت اعضاي شوراي شهرقاليباف در "بهشت" ماند (in Persian), Kayhan, retrieved 26 March 2015
- ^ هیاهو برای یک رای/ پرونده‌ای درباره رای الهه راستگو (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 26 March 2015
- ^ قالیباف شهردارتهران شد (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 26 March 2015
- ^ Electoral Geography of Iranian presidential election, 2005
- ^ "Ministry of Interior of Iran". Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2021-08-12.