title: Electoral history of Mohammad Khatami
text: # Electoral history of Mohammad Khatami
  
  This is a summary of the electoral history of Mohammad Khatami, an Iranian Reformist politician who has been previously President of Iran (1997–2005) and member of Islamic Consultative Assembly (1980–1982) from Ardakan.
  
  ## Parliament election
  
  ### 1980
  
  In the election he was placed first in Ardakan, receiving 32,942 out of 40,112 (82.1%) votes.
  
  ## Ministry approval
  
  Khatami was nominated and approved for Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance by Iranian Parliament on consecutive times.
  
  | Majlis Term | Year | Votes | % | Nominated by |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1st | 1982 | 121 / 170 27 against, 22 abstained | 71.17 | Mir Hossein Mousavi |
  | 2nd | 1986 | 158 / 205 28 against, 19 abstained | 77.07 | Mir Hossein Mousavi |
  | 3rd | 1988 | 175 / 247 57 against, 15 abstained | 70.85 | Mir Hossein Mousavi |
  | 3rd | 1989 | 246 / 260 10 against, 4 abstained | 94.61 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
  
  ## Presidential elections
  
  ### 1997
  
  According to Nohen et al, Khatami won with 20,078,187 votes (69.07%). ISSDP reported that Khatami won with 20,138,784 votes (69.1%).
  
  ### 2001
  
  According to Sahliyeh and RFE/RL, Khatami won with 21,656,476 votes (76.90%).
  
  