2001 Iranian Presidential Election

Mohammad Khatami won with 78.28% against Ahmad Tavakkoli on 15.86%. Turnout 66.8%.

The Guardian Council vets every candidate before the vote, so the field is settled before the campaign begins.

President before

Mohammad Khatami

ACC

President (re-elected)

Mohammad Khatami

ACC

Winning share

78.3%

Turnout

66.8%

The result

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Mohammad Khatami

۲۱٬۶۵۶٬۴۷۶ votes

78.28%

Ahmad Tavakkoli

۴٬۳۸۷٬۱۱۲ votes

15.86%

Ali Shamkhani

۷۳۷٬۰۵۱ votes

2.66%

Abdollah Jassbi

۲۵۹٬۷۵۹ votes

0.94%

Mahmoud Kashani

۲۳۷٬۶۶۰ votes

0.86%

Hassan Ghafourifard

۱۲۹٬۱۵۵ votes

0.47%

Mansour Razavi

۱۱۴٬۶۱۶ votes

0.41%

Shahabedin Sadr

۶۰٬۵۴۶ votes

0.22%

Ali Fallahian

۵۵٬۲۲۵ votes

0.20%

Mostafa Hashemitaba

۲۷٬۹۴۹ votes

0.10%