1985 Iranian presidential election

The Iranian presidential election of 1985 took place on August 16, 1985, and resulted in the re-election of the incumbent President Ali Khamenei.

1985 Iranian presidential election
16 August 1985
Registered25,993,802[1]
Turnout54.78%[1]
 
Nominee Ali Khamenei Mahmoud Kashani
Party IRP Independent
Popular vote 12,203,870 1,402,416
Percentage 87.9 % 10.1%
President before election

Ali Khamenei
IRP

 Elected President

Ali Khamenei
IRP

Campaign

Freedom Movement of Iran called for a boycott.[2]

Candidates

In July 1985, a total of 50 put their names forward as candidates, however the three candidates approved were all from the Islamic Republican Party.[3]

Disqualified

The following candidates were disqualified by the Guardian Council:

Results
1985 Iranian presidential election
Party Candidate Nohen et al[6] ISSDP[1]
Votes % Votes %
Islamic Republican Party Ali Khamenei 12,203,870 87.9 12,205,012 85.00
Islamic Republican Party Mahmoud Kashani 1,402,416 10.1 1,402,953 9.85
Islamic Republican Party Habibollah Asgaroladi 283,297 2.00 278,113 1.95
Blank or invalid votes 355,047 2.50 352,509 2.47
Totals 14,244,630 100 14,238,587 100

References
  1. "1985 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
  2. Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 298. ISBN 1850431981.
  3. "Iranian president is re-elected", United Press International, 17 August 1985, retrieved 5 April 2020
  4. Hiro, Dilip (2013). "Libertation Movement of Iran". A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East. Interlink Publishing. ISBN 9781623710330.
  5. Rabinovich, Itamar; Shaked, Haim (1988), "Khameneh'i Elected President for Second Term", Middle East Contemporary Survey: 1984–1985, IX, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, pp. 425–426, ISBN 9780813374451
  6. Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. I. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.

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