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Publish Date : 29 May 2017 - 10:53  ,  
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Voter Turnout in Iran almost Higher than All of the Western Countries

TEHRAN(Basirat) :Despite the West’s propaganda against the Islamic republic of Iran, the participation of Iranian people in the presidential election demonstrates the fact that Iran enjoys wider and relatively steady voter turnout. The rate of voter turnout in various free elections in Iran has been higher than European countries.


BASIRAT POLITICAL CENTER
ALIHASSAN HEYDARI


The path to the realization of democracy passes through election, one of the elements of political participation which is also one of the measures of democracy, as people can directly express their views about important decisions through voting. Voter turnout is also one of the criteria of political development which displays people’s dedication to their home country.

The rate of voter turnout is not considerable in many advanced countries that are advocates of democracy in the world, despite the long history of democracy in these countries. Holding elections, having the right to vote and participating in election is still a challenge in Middle Eastern countries. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, however, the rate of participation in elections is high. The first election in the Islamic Republic of Iran was held only 45 days after the victory of Islamic Republic, which marks the shortest gap between the victory of a revolution and organization of a vote in the history.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has introduced a model of government based on religious democracy, the main elements of which are people and religion. Nowadays this model is competing with Western democratic systems. Although Iran is still the target of propaganda and plots of enemies 38 years after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the comparison between the rate of voter turnout in different elections in Iran with countries that advocate democracy shows that Iranian people are more enthusiastic for political participation. Furthermore, the below statistics illustrates the fact that despite the distorted reflection of religious democracy and freedom in political participation in Iran, religious democracy in the Islamic Republic is far more superior to the manipulated and distorted democracy in the United States and certain European countries.

Table: voter turnout in presidential election in Western countries

Row Country Year Turnout
Percentage
Election
Type
1 Austria 2010 53.56 Presidential
2 France 2012 80.35 Presidential
3 Portugal 2011 46.52 Presidential
4 Romania 2009 58.02 Presidential
5 Russia 2012 65.27 Presidential
6 United States 2012 57.5 Presidential

Table: voter turnout in presidential election in Islamic republic of Iran

Term Date President Elect Turnout 
Persentage
1th 1980-01-25 Abolhassan Banisadr 67.86
2th 1981-07-24 Mohammad-Ali Rajai 62.24
3rd 1981-10-02 Sayyid Ali Khamenei 74.26
4th 1985-08-16 Sayyid Ali Khamenei 54.78
5th 1989-07-28 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 54.56
6th 1993-06-11 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 50.66
7th 1997-05-23 Seyyed Mohammad Khatami 76.66
8th 2001-06-08 Seyyed Mohammad Khatami 67.77
9th / First Stage 2005-06-17 - 62.66
9th / Second Stage 2005-06-24 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 56.82
10th 2009-06-12 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 85
11th 2013-06-14 Hassan Rouhani 72.8
12th 2017-05-19 Hassan Rouhani 73

 

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