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Electoral history of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, an Iranian Principlist politician who is Mayor of Tehran since 2005.

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Mayoral of Tehran

City Council of Tehran elected Ghalibaf as Mayor on three consecutive terms.

2007

The election was exhaustive due to high number of candidates. In first and second rounds, every elector was able to cast two votes to two candidates. In next rounds, every voter had 1 vote to cast. The result of round 3 run-off, was repeated twice. Lost candidates in first round include Nasrin Soltankhah, Tahmasb Mazaheri and Ali Abdolalizadeh among others.

2013

After a tie with Reformist-backed Mohsen Hashemi in first round, Ghalibaf controversially won the election in second round's anonymous voting when Reform-affiliated member Elaheh Rastgou voted for him.

References

Electoral history of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Wikipedia