2024 Iranian presidential election

Early presidential elections in Iran were held on 28 June and 5 July 2024, in which reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won the second round with 54.76% of the vote, beating the conservative principlist Saeed Jalili.

## Background

After the death of the then president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May, early elections were announced. Six candidates were approved to appear on the ballot, however two candidates dropped out before voting began. Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri and former Speaker Ali Larijani applied to run, however their candidacies were rejected.

## Approved candidates

The registration to run for the presidency started on 30 May and ended on 3 June. A total of 80 people, including four women, filed their candidacies for president. Most candidates were seen as conservatives or ultra conservatives.

The final list of candidates was released by the Guardian Council on 9 June. Per Article 99 of the Constitution, those rejected by the council are not allowed to protest the rejection.
|colspan="2" scope="col"|Name|Born|class="unsortable"|Experience|Party|Result|Ref||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|data-sort-value="Pezeshkian, Masoud"|**Masoud Pezeshkian**|style="background:#48D1CC;"||(age ) Mahabad, Iran|**Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly** (since 2008) Minister of Health and Medical Education (2001–2005)|Independent|||
|data-sort-value="Jalili, Saeed"|**Saeed Jalili**|style="background:#E73232;"||(age ) Mashhad, Iran|**Member of the Expediency Discernment Council** (since 2013) Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (2007–2013) Chief Nuclear Negotiator (2007–2013) Presidential candidate (2013, 2021)|Independent|||
|data-sort-value="Ghalibaf, Mohammad Bagher"|**Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf**|style="background:#ffbf00;"||(age ) Torqabeh, Iran|**Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly** (since 2020) Member of Expediency Discernment Council (2017–2020) Mayor of Tehran (2005–2017) Presidential candidate (2005, 2013 and 2017)|Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran|||
|data-sort-value="Pourmohammadi, Mostafa"|**Mostafa Pourmohammadi**|style="background:#9370db;"||(age ) Qom, Iran|**Minister of Justice** (2013–2017) Minister of Interior (2005–2008)|Combatant Clergy Association|||
|data-sort-value="Ghazizadeh, Amir-Hossein Hashemi"|**Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi**|style="background:#00008B;"||(age ) Fariman, Iran|**Vice President of Iran** (since 2021) Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (2008–2021) Presidential candidate (2021)|Islamic Law Party|#FF0033||
|data-sort-value="Zakani, Alireza"|**Alireza Zakani**|style="background:#FE6100;"||(age ) Ray, Iran|**Mayor of Tehran** (since 2021) Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (2004–2016; 2020–2021) Presidential candidate (2021)|Society of Pathseekers|#FF0033||

## Polling

|rowspan=2|Date|rowspan=2|Pollster|rowspan=2|Sample size|rowspan=2|Margin of error|Jalili|Ghalibaf|Pezeshkian|Hashemi|Zakani|Pourmohammadi|rowspan=2|Haven't decided|rowspan=2|Lead|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|bgcolor="#A10000"||bgcolor="#ffbf00"||bgcolor="#00989D"||bgcolor="#123456"||bgcolor="#FE6100"||bgcolor="#9370db"||||||||
|4 July|Islamic Consultative Assembly|||44.2%||style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**53.7%**|||||style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**9.5%**|||||
|3 July|Iranian Students News Agency||±2%|43.9%||style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**49.5%**|||||style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**5.6%**|||||
|26 June|Tehran University||3.5%|26.8%|23.3%|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**32.9%**|3.6%|1.7%|1.6%|7.7%|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**6.1%**|||||
|26 June|Iranian Students Polling Agency|3589||28.8%|19.1%|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**33.1%**|2.8%|2.1%|1.4%|10.5%|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**4.3%**|||||
|22–24 June|Mellat Opinion Poll Institute (Islamic Consultative Assembly)|1100||16.3%|16.9%|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**23.5%**|3.2%|1.2%|0.5%|style="background:lightgrey"|**38.4%**|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**6.6%**||||
|22–23 June|Shenaakht|1000||20%|19%|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**28%**|3%|1%|1%|style="background:lightgrey"|**28%**|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**8%**||||
|22–23 June|Imam Sadeq University|1500||21.5%|23.4%|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**24.4%**|4.5%|2.4%|2%|21.8%|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**1%**|||||
|22–23 June|Iranian Students Polling Agency|4057||24%|14.7%|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**24.4%**|2%|1.7%|0.7%|style="background:lightgrey"|**30.6%**|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**0.4%**||||
|18–20 June|IRIB|||style="background:#A10000;color:#FFFFFF;"|**22.5%**|19.5%|19.4%|2.7%|2.2%|0.9%|style="background:lightgrey"|**28.4%**|style="background:#A10000;color:#FFFFFF;"|**3%**||||
|18–20 June|Mellat Opinion Poll Institute (Islamic Consultative Assembly)|850||18.2%|style="background:#ffbf00"|**20.7%**|18.9%|4.6%|2%|1.8%|style="background:lightgrey"|**33.8%**|style="background:#ffbf00"|**1.8%**||||
|18–19 June|Iranian Students Polling Agency|4545||style="background:#A10000;color:#FFFFFF;"|**26.2%**|19%|19.8%|2.6%|2%|0.9%|style="background:lightgrey"|**27.4%**|style="background:#A10000;color:#FFFFFF;"|**6.4%**||||
|18–19 June|Imam Sadeq University|||23.5%|29.3%|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**30%**|2.7%|1.2%|1.1%|12.4%|style="background:#00989D;color:#FFFFFF;"|**0.7%**|||||
|data-sort-value="۱۴۰۳-۰۳-۰۸"|11–13 June|Research Center for Culture, Art and Communication|||style="background:#A10000;color:#FFFFFF;"|**36.7%**|30.4%|28.3%|1.4%|1.7%|1.4%|style="background:lightgrey"|**62%**|style="background:#A10000;color:#FFFFFF;"|**6.3%**|||
|30 May|colspan="12"|_Beginning of registration_||||||||||||||||

## Results

In the first round, Masoud Pezeshkian won 44%, Saeed Jalili won 40%, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf won 14% and Mostafa Pourmohammadi won less than 1% of the vote. Pezeshkian was the only reformist candidate on the ballot.

Since no candidate won a majority in the first round, a run off vote was held on 5 July between Jalili and Pezeshkian. Pezeshkian won with 55% of the vote. The next day, he was declared the winner of the election.

## Aftermath

With a 39.93% turnout, the first round of the election saw the lowest participation for a presidential election in the Islamic Republic's history. The turnout improved in the second round to 49.68%.

Pezeshkian will be inaugurated as president in early August.

## Infobox (election)

- **country**: Iran
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **election date**: 28 June 2024 (first round)
5 July 2024 (second round)
- **election name**: 2024 Iranian presidential election
- **previous election**: 2021 Iranian presidential election
- **previous year**: 2021
- **title**: President of Iran, President
- **before election**: Mohammad Mokhber (acting)
- **before party**: Independent
- **after election**: Masoud Pezeshkian
- **after party**: Independent
- **registered**: 61,452,321
- **turnout**: 39.93% (first round)  8.55percentage point, pp
49.68% (second round) 9.75percentage point, pp
- **image1**:
- **nominee1**: **Masoud Pezeshkian**
- **party1**: Independent politician
- **popular vote1**: **16,384,403**
- **percentage1**: **54.76%**
- **color1**: 48D1CC
- **alliance1**: Iranian reformists, Reformists
- **image2**:
- **nominee2**: Saeed Jalili
- **party2**: Independent politician
- **popular vote2**: 13,538,179
- **percentage2**: 45.24%
- **color2**: E73232
- **alliance2**: Iranian principlists, Principlists