Electoral history of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

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

Mayoral of Tehran

See also: List of Mayors of Tehran

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

2005

Candidate	Votes[1]	%
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	8 / 15	53.33
Other Candidates (total)	7 / 15	47.66

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Round	Candidate	Votes[4]	%
1	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	10 / 15	33.33
	Hassan Bayadi	10 / 15	33.33
	Amir Reza Khadem	9 / 15	30
	Mohammad Saeedikia	6 / 15	20
	12 Other Candidates	<6	-
2	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	8 / 15	26.66
	Amir Reza Khadem	8 / 15	26.66
	Hassan Bayadi	7 / 15	23.33
	Nader Shariatmadari	5 / 15	16.66
	Mohammad Saeedikia	Withdrew
3, 4, 5	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	7 / 15	46.66
	Amir Reza Khadem	7 / 15	46.66
	Blank vote	1	6.66
6	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	7 / 15	46.66
	Amir Reza Khadem	6 / 15	40
	Blank vote	2	13.33
7	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	8 / 15	53.33
	Amir Reza Khadem	6 / 15	40
	Blank vote	1	6.66

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.^[5]

Round	Candidate	Votes[6]	%
1	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	15 / 31	48.38
	Mohsen Hashemi	15 / 31	48.38
	Blank vote	1	3.2
2	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	16 / 31	51.61
	Mohsen Hashemi	14 / 31	45.16
	Invalid vote	1	3.2

Presidential elections

2005

Main article: 2005 Iranian presidential election

In the first round, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf finished fourth with 4,095,827 votes (13.93%) and did not advance to the second round.^[7]

2013

Main article: 2013 Iranian presidential election

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf finished second with 6,077,292 votes (16.56%).^[8]