1985 Palauan presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Palau on 28 August 1985 to elect a President and Vice-President, following the assassination of Haruo Remeliik on 30 June.[1] Lazarus Salii won the election for President, defeating interim President Alfonso Oiterong, whilst Thomas Remengesau, Sr. was elected Vice-President. Voter turnout was 79.1%.

Results

President

Candidate		Votes	%
	Lazarus Salii	4,077	53.22
	Alfonso Oiterong	3,484	45.48
Write-ins		99	1.29
Total		7,660	100.00
Valid votes		7,660	99.51
Invalid/blank votes		38	0.49
Total votes		7,698	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,735	79.08
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vice-President

Candidate		Votes	%
	Thomas Remengesau, Sr.	1,968	25.94
	Tosiwo Namamura	1,353	17.84
	Kazuo Asanuma	1,168	15.40
	Joshua Koshiba	1,152	15.19
	Sadang Silmai	901	11.88
	Haruo Willter	756	9.97
	John Tarkong	275	3.63
Write-ins		13	0.17
Total		7,586	100.00
Valid votes		7,586	98.55
Invalid/blank votes		112	1.45
Total votes		7,698	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,735	79.08
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p754 ISBN 0-19-924959-8