At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Iran

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI *
• Head of Government: President Mohammad KHATAMI
• Assembly: Iran has a unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami) with 290 seats.

* The Leader of the Islamic Revolution is appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts.

Description of electoral system:

• The Supreme Leader is appointed.
• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami) 290 members are elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms.

Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:

• Mahmoud AHMADINEJAD
  • Independent(s): Conservative Candidate
• Akbar Hashemi- RAFSANJANI
  • Independent(s): Conservative Candidate

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

• Mahmoud AHMADINEJAD
  • Independent(s): Conservative Candidate
• Akbar Hashemi- RAFSANJANI
  • Independent(s): Conservative Candidate
• Mehdi KARRUBI
  • Independent(s): Reformist Candidate
• Mohammad Baqer QALIBAF
  • Independent(s): Conservative Candidate
• Mostafa MOIN
  • Independent(s): Reformist Candidate
• Ali LARIJANI
  • Independent(s): Conservative Candidate
• Mohsen MEHRALIZADEH
  • Independent(s): Reformist Candidate

Last Presidential election:

• The last presidential election was held on June 8, 2001. The incumbent Mohammad KHATAMI won 78.3% of the vote.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 70,122,115 (2005)
• Registered Voters: 46,786,418 (June 2005 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 34,325,510 (2005)

·         Is Iran a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Iran ratified CEDAW: No

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 9 (following the 2004 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 69 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Iran a signatory to CRPD: No

·         Has Iran ratified CRPD: Yes, accession (23 Occtober 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 10,518,317 (est.)