2005 Iranian Presidential Election
12 October 2004 · The Ahmadinejad years · two-round vote
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won in the runoff with 63.24% against Akbar Rafsanjanī on 36.76%. Turnout 62.7%.
The Guardian Council vets every candidate before the vote, so the field is settled before the campaign begins.
President before
Mohammad Khatami
ACC
Elected President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
ABII
Winning share
63.2%
second round
Turnout
62.7%
The result
| Akbar Rafsanjanī | — | ۶٬۱۷۹٬۶۵۳ | 22.00% | ۱۰٬۰۴۶٬۷۰۱ | 36.76% |
| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | — | ۵٬۷۱۰٬۳۵۴ | 20.33% | ۱۷٬۲۸۴٬۷۸۲ | 63.24% |
| Mehdi Karroubi | — | ۵٬۰۵۶٬۶۸۶ | 18.00% | — | — |
| Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | — | ۴٬۰۷۵٬۱۸۹ | 14.50% | — | — |
| Mostafa Moeen | — | ۴٬۰۶۹٬۶۹۹ | 14.49% | — | — |
| Ali Larijani | — | ۱٬۷۱۶٬۰۸۱ | 6.11% | — | — |
| Mohsen Mehralizadeh | — | ۱٬۲۸۷٬۴۴۰ | 4.58% | — | — |