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Electoral history of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

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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

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City Council of Tehran elected Ghalibaf as Mayor on three consecutive terms.

2005

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Candidate Votes[1] %
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
8 / 15
53.33
Other Candidates (total)
7 / 15
47.66

2007

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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

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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

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2005

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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

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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf finished second with 6,077,292 votes (16.56%).[8]

References

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  1. ^ كليد شهرداري تهران با ۸ راي به "قاليباف" سپرده شد (in Persian), asre-nou.net, retrieved 26 March 2015
  2. ^ انتخاب شهردار تهران ساعت 14 (in Persian), asriran.com, retrieved 26 March 2015
  3. ^ قاليباف با 8 راي موافق، پنجاه و هشتمين شهردار تهران شد (in Persian), Iranian Students News Agency, retrieved 26 March 2015
  4. ^ با رأي اكثريت اعضاي شوراي شهرقاليباف در "بهشت" ماند (in Persian), Kayhan, retrieved 26 March 2015
  5. ^ هیاهو برای یک رای/ پرونده‌ای درباره رای الهه راستگو (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 26 March 2015
  6. ^ قالیباف شهردارتهران شد (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 26 March 2015
  7. ^ Electoral Geography of Iranian presidential election, 2005
  8. ^ "Ministry of Interior of Iran". Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2021-08-12.