A Brief History
On June 12, 2009, incumbent Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was announced the winner of the national election over three challengers, a result hotly disputed by millions of Iranians and protested in many countries around the world.
Digging Deeper
In the US, the presidential elections of 2000 and 2020 have been hotly debated, but apparently other countries experience the same or similar lack of confidence in election integrity. In 2024, the Russian presidential election was a romp for incumbent Vladimir Putin, especially after stifling any opposition. It seems few people in or out of Russia take their elections seriously.
The 2022 presidential election in Brazil is another example of the loser crying foul and contesting the election, with former President Bolsonaro, a man compared to Donald Trump, making complaints similar to Trump over the 2020 election.
When or will people ever regain trust in presidential elections?
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Pargoo, Mahmoud and Shahram Akbarzadeh. Presidential Elections in Iran: Islamic Idealism since the Revolution. Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Penha-Lopes, Vania. The Presidential Elections of Trump and Bolsonaro, Whiteness, and the Nation. Lexington Books, 2023.
The featured image in this article, a photograph by Kremlin.ru of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 16 June 2009, in Yekaterinburg, Russia, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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