Category: Political, from Wikidata’s class “public election”
1980 Iranian presidential election
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: public election (all its classes: Wikidata item)
Presidential elections were held for the first time in Iran on 25 January 1980, one year after the Iranian Revolution when the Council of the Islamic Revolution was in power. Abolhassan Banisadr was elected president with 76% of the vote.
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1980 Iranian presidential election. (2026, June 13). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1980_Iranian_presidential_election&oldid=1359130074
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“1980 Iranian presidential election.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 13 June 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1980_Iranian_presidential_election&oldid=1359130074.
Chicago (note)
Wikipedia, “1980 Iranian presidential election,” last modified June 13, 2026, 08:07 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1980_Iranian_presidential_election&oldid=1359130074.
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Wikipedia, “1980 Iranian presidential election.”
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This event on Middle East, 1900–present: https://middleeast.events/event/1980-iranian-presidential-election
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