1997 Iranian presidential election

1997 Iranian presidential election
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Registered36,466,487[1]
Turnout79.92%[1]
 
Nominee Mohammad Khatami Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
Party ACC CCA
Alliance Reformists Principlists
Popular vote 20,078,187 7,242,859
Percentage 69.07% 24.91%
President before election

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
CCA

Elected President

Mohammad Khatami
ACC

Presidential elections were held in Iran on 23 May 1997, which resulted in an unpredicted win for the reformist candidate Mohammad Khatami. The election was notable not only for the lopsided majority of the winner - 70% - but for the high turnout. 80% of those eligible to vote did so, compared to 50% in the previous presidential election.[2]

During the election, voting age was 15 and more than half of Iran's population was younger than 25.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference IDP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand, History of Modern Iran, Columbia University Press, 2008, p. 186
  3. ^ Fadaee, Simin (2012). Social Movements in Iran: Environmentalism and Civil Society. Routledge. p. 67. ISBN 978-0415693578.