Iranian presidential elections

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Iranian presidential elections are tightly controlled national votes in which Iran’s president is chosen from candidates pre-screened by the powerful Guardian Council within the country’s theocratic-republican system.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf election ⓘ
national election ⓘ
campaignRegulation restrictions on opposition activities ⓘ
state-controlled media environment ⓘ
candidateEligibilityRequirement must be Shia Muslim ⓘ
must be among religious and political personalities ⓘ
must be loyal to the Islamic Republic ⓘ
must be of Iranian origin ⓘ
must have Iranian nationality ⓘ
must have administrative capacity and resourcefulness ⓘ
must have belief in the principles of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
must have good reputation and trustworthiness ⓘ
must have official religion of the country ⓘ
candidatePreScreeningBy Guardian Council ⓘ
candidateRegistrationAuthority Ministry of Interior of Iran ⓘ
candidateVettingAuthority Guardian Council ⓘ
controlledBy Guardian Council ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
disqualificationPractice mass disqualification of candidates in some cycles ⓘ
electorate Iranian citizens aged 18 and over ⓘ
finalApprovalOfResultsBy Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
firstElectionHeld 1980 Iranian presidential election ⓘ
firstRoundRequirement absolute majority of valid votes ⓘ
frequency every four years ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
influencedBy Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
internationalObservationStatus generally not monitored by major international observer missions ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
legalFramework Election Law of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
location Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iran
mainReligiousContext Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
notableFeature candidates are tightly vetted ⓘ
exclusion of many reformist and opposition candidates ⓘ
high influence of unelected bodies ⓘ
officeContested President of Iran ⓘ
overseenBy Guardian Council ⓘ
politicalSystemContext Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iran
politicalSystemType theocratic-republican system ⓘ
relatedInstitution Assembly of Experts ⓘ
Expediency Discernment Council ⓘ
Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles) ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Iran

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ⓘ
secondRoundCondition held if no candidate wins absolute majority ⓘ
secondRoundParticipants two candidates with most votes in first round ⓘ
supervisingAuthority Ministry of Interior of Iran ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimit two consecutive terms for president ⓘ
turnoutCharacteristic historically high but variable voter turnout ⓘ
votingMethod popular vote ⓘ
votingSystem two-round system ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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Guardian Council → influences → Iranian presidential elections ⓘ
Iranian presidential elections → firstElectionHeld → 1980 Iranian presidential election ⓘ
linked to: Iranian presidential elections
Mohsen Rezaee → candidateInElection → 2009 Iranian presidential election ⓘ
linked to: Iranian presidential elections
Mohsen Rezaee → candidateInElection → 2013 Iranian presidential election ⓘ
linked to: Iranian presidential elections
Ebrahim Raisi → ranForOffice → 2017 Iranian presidential election ⓘ
linked to: Iranian presidential elections