2017 Iranian presidential election

2017 Iranian presidential election

19 May 2017
Opinion polls
Turnout73.33% ( 0.62pp)
 
Nominee Hassan Rouhani Ebrahim Raisi
Party MDP CCA
Alliance Reformists Principlists
Popular vote 23,636,652 15,835,794
Percentage 58.85% 39.43%


President before election

Hassan Rouhani
MDP

Elected President

Hassan Rouhani
MDP

Presidential elections were held in Iran on 19 May 2017 alongside local elections. Candidate registration took place from 11 to 15 April 2017. Incumbent president Hassan Rouhani was eligible to run for re-election. His main rivals were the conservatives' top candidate Ebrahim Raisi, the Islamic Coalition Party's Mostafa Mir-Salim and Mostafa Hashemitaba who was an independent.

Rouhani was re-elected for a second term. According to results announced by the Interior Ministry, Rouhani received 59% of the vote, while his closest rival Ebrahim Raisi received 39%. Rouhani was re-inaugurated on 5 August 2017 taking the oath of office for the second time at the Parliament of Iran.