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Early presidential elections in Iran were held on 28 June and 5 July 2024 [1] following the death of incumbent president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May. [2]Four candidates contested the first round of the election, in which Masoud Pezeshkian won 44%, Saeed Jalili won 40%, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf won 14% and Mostafa Pourmohammadi won less than 1% of the vote.
The President of Iran is the highest official elected by direct, popular vote, although the President carries out the decrees, and answers to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state. [1] [2] Chapter IX of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran sets forth
The president runs the country day-to-day, but real power on issues such as Iran's nuclear programme and its foreign policy remain in the hands of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ...
Compared to a plurality voting system that rewards only the top vote-getter, instant-runoff voting mitigates the problem of wasted votes. [19] However, it does not ensure the election of a Condorcet winner, which is the candidate who would win a direct election against any other candidate in the race.
Each candidate could lead Iran in a starkly different manner at a time when the country is grappling with delicate domestic and international problems. Iranians are voting in a presidential runoff ...
Iran’s presidential election is heading to a second round after none of the four candidates managed to secure more than 50% in Friday’s vote. Iran’s presidential election heads to a runoff ...
Iran elects on a national level a head of government (the president), a legislature (the Majlis), and an "Assembly of Experts" (which elects the Supreme Leader). City and Village Council elections are also held every four years throughout the entire country. The president is elected for a four-year term by the citizens.
Iran held a runoff presidential election on Friday that pitted a hard-line former nuclear negotiator against a reformist lawmaker. Early results reported by Iran’s election authority on state ...