2013 Iranian presidential election

2013 Iranian presidential election

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Turnout	72.71%
Nominee Hassan Rouhani Bagher Ghalibaf Saeed Jalili Party MDP PJP FIRS Popular vote 18,613,329 6,077,292 4,168,946 Percentage 50.71% 16.56% 11.36%   Nominee Mohsen Rezaee Ali Akbar Velayati Party RFI FFLIL Popular vote 3,884,412 2,268,753 Percentage 10.58% 6.18%
Results of the election: the candidate with the plurality of votes in each district. Rouhani: violet; Ghalibaf: yellow; Jalili: red; Rezaee: blue
President before election Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ABII Elected President Hassan Rouhani MDP

Presidential elections were held in Iran on 14 June 2013. Hassan Rouhani was elected in the first round of voting with 52% of the vote. Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf finished second with 17% of the vote.^[1] Voter turnout was 73%.

The Guardian Council screened 680 registered candidates, approving eight to run in the election; Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Ali Akbar Velayati, Saeed Jalili, Mohsen Rezaee, Mohammad Gharazi, Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Reza Aref. Haddad-Adel and Aref later withdrew from the race in the days leading up to the election. Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was not able to run for re-election as he was limited to two terms or 8 years in office under the Iranian constitution.