At Stake in this Election:

• The Presidency of Iran

Government Structure:

• Chief of State: Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini KHAMENEI (since 4 June 1989)
• Head of Government: Acting President Mohammed MOKHBER (since 20 May 2024)
• Assembly: unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (مجلس شورای اسلامی) with 290 seats

Electoral System:

• The Supreme Leader is appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts.
• The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. The President may serve up to three 4-year terms, but only two terms may be served consecutively.
• In the Islamic Consultative Assembly, 285 members are directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. An additional 5 seats are reserved for representatives of the Zoroastrian, Jewish, Assyrian, Chaldean Christian, northern Armenian, and southern Armenian communities (1 seat each).  

Last Election:

The last presidential election was held on June 16, 2021. Ebrahim RAISI won with 18,021,945 votes (72.35%) and Mohsen REZAEE received 3,440,835 votes (13.81%). All other candidates received less than 10% of the vote. Voter turnout was 48%.

New/Unique this Election:

 This is a snap election, which was called following the death of President Ebrahim RAISI in a helicopter crash on 19 May 2024.

Key Deadlines:

• Candidate filing deadline: 3 June 2024
• Voter registration deadline: None, all citizens who are at least 18 years old may vote.

Candidates in this Election:

• Mostafa POURMOHAMMADI
• Massoud PEZESHKIAN
• Saeed JALILI
• Mohammad Baqer QALIBAF

Amirhossein GHAZIZADEH-HASHEMI and Alireza ZAKANI withdrew their candidacies shortly before election day.

Population:

• Population: 88,550,570 (2022 est.)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 43,835,980 (2022 est.)
• CEDAW Status: Not signed
• Gender Quota: Not available
• Female Candidates in this election: No
• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 16 out of 286 (5.6%) in the Islamic Consultative Assembly
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.774, High, Rank 76 (2021)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 62.9 (2023)

Disability Data:

• CRPD Status: Ratified (by accession) 23 October 2009
• Projected population with a disability: 14,168,091 (2022 est.)

IFES Resources:

• Does IFES have a presence in Iran: No
• Election Access: Yes
• Election Judgements: Yes, 2 judgments and 5 resources