Iranian presidential election, 2005

The Iranian presidential elections in 2005 took place on 17 June 2005. None of the candidates could obtain an absolute majority. In the runoff of the two most successful candidates on June 24, sat down, surprisingly, by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

If Ahmadinejad a change in political style was connected. Rafsanjani's family was brought into the population with the rampant corruption in connection, the connection to the clergy into notated as felting. Ahmadinejad acted here with a reputation in the 1990s as a provincial governor since 2003 and mayor of Tehran successfully regardless of political religious establishment to have acted. His real life was part of the campaign. Votes he received, especially in the lower layers of the population, who were decoupled from economic growth and on the land. The lack of localization in clergy compensated by Ahmadinejad statements with which he made his mark as a religious hardliners.

Prehistory

To select initially were eight candidates that the Guardian Council had approved of 1,014 registered candidates. Mohsen Rezai came back a few days before the election of his candidacy.

In contrast to the other candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad led a fairly simple campaign without major election events and huge posters. His campaign was financed by his supporters.

The candidate of the reformers was Mustafa Moin, who was also supported by the main party of the reformist camp, the Participation Front of Islamic Iran.

Election and expiration

The election campaign for the Iranian presidential election of 2005 was conducted on television, on the radio, on billboards and on speech events and dominated in the media of Alī Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The former president of Iran (1989-1997) had considerable support among business circles and the clergy. He enjoyed the reputation of the pragmatist, who was partly responsible for the economic boom of the 1990s, however, could not be clearly prevail on the first ballot. His share of the vote ( officially: 21.0% ) was compared to the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( officially: 19.4% ) is surprisingly little advantage. Since he missed an absolute majority, a runoff election was scheduled, which won Ahmadinejad a landslide victory ( 61.7 % versus 38.3 %).

Result

Result of the first ballot:

The turnout was 62.6 %. It was immediately after the election serious allegations of vote-rigging charged, inter alia, Mustafa Moin and Alī Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, which should lead with around 30% after pre-election polls. The former Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi stated that had been thrown over a million votes in favor of Ahmadinejad in the polls. In addition, some voters had cast their vote up to ten times. Furthermore, Ahmadinejad announced his election victory only hours before the official results by the Home Office.

As at the first election on 17 June 2005, none of the seven candidates could obtain an absolute majority, had to decide on June 24, a runoff between Rafsanjani and Ahmadinejad over the next Iranian president. From the runoff on June 24 went Ahmadinejad, not only for Western media surprising as the winner.

Result of the ballot:

In the second ballot, the voter turnout was 59.7 %. Bahman Nirumand described the election as "miracle" one sets the elections of recent years based on the Conservatives had on average five to eight million votes. However, Ahmadinejad received more than seventeen million votes in the second ballot. Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi Supposedly also have instructed his followers to cast the vote for Ahmadinejad.

On 3 August 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was officially inaugurated. The term of office is four years.