Question: Who among the following won the presidential election recently held in Iran?
(A) Dr. Hassan Rouhani
(B) Ebrahim Raisi
(C) Mustafa Mirsalim
(D) Mustafa Hashmi
Ans :(a)
Related facts
- According to election results declared by the interior ministry of Iran on May 20, 2017, the incumbent President of Iran, Dr. Hassan Rouhani got a decisive victory over his conservative rival Ebrahim Raisi
- President Dr. Hassan Rouhani received 23,636,652 votes in 41,366,085 votes cast in the country. (57.14%)
- Elections for Iran’s 12th President were held on May 19, in which about 73% of the people voted.
- There were four Presidential candidates in the election however hardliner Ibrahim Raisi (38.28% votes) was seen as the main competitor of Hassan Rouhani.
- Significantly, President is elected for four years in Iran and no President can contest elections for the third consecutive term.
- According to the provision of Article 117 of the Constitution of Iran, it is mandatory for the candidate to get a minimum of 50% + 1 votes of total votes cast to win the presidential election.
- If no candidate gets clear majority, a second round of election is conducted between two candidates with highest vote share in the first round.
- In the political system of Iran, the President is the second highest person. The highest person is the highest religious leader.
- It is notable that the biggest achievement of Hassan Rouhani’s last four-year term was Iran’s nuclear deal with Western countries, due to which the restrictions on Iran were lifted.
Related links:-
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/iran-election-president-hassan-rouhani-takes-lead-170520042625946.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/20/middleeast/iran-rouhani-election/index.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39984066