1985 Iranian presidential election

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1985 Iranian presidential election
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  October 1981 16 August 1985 1989  
Registered25,993,802 [1]
Turnout54.78% [1] (Decrease2.svg 19.48pp)
  Portrait of Ali Khamenei, 1985 (2).jpg Mahmoud Kashani.jpg
Nominee Ali Khamenei Mahmoud Kashani
Party IRP Independent
Alliance Principlists Principlists
Popular vote12,203,8701,402,416
Percentage87.9%10.1%

President before election

Ali Khamenei
IRP

Elected President

Ali Khamenei
IRP

Presidential elections were held in Iran on 16 August 1985, and resulted in the re-election of the incumbent President Ali Khamenei.

Contents

Campaign

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

Candidates

In July 1985, 50 people applied for the nomination, of whom only three were approved:

Disqualified

The following candidates were disqualified by the Guardian Council:

Results

1985 Iranian presidential election
PartyCandidateNohen et al [5] ISSDP [1]
Votes %Votes %
Islamic Republican Party Ali Khamenei 12,203,87087.912,205,01285.00
Islamic Republican Party Mahmoud Kashani 1,402,41610.11,402,9539.85
Islamic Republican Party Habibollah Asgaroladi 283,2972.00278,1131.95
Blank or invalid votes355,0472.50352,5092.47
Totals14,244,63010014,238,587100

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. Hiro, Dilip (2013). "Libertation Movement of Iran". A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East. Interlink Publishing. ISBN   9781623710330.
  4. 1 2 3 Rabinovich, Itamar; Shaked, Haim (1988), "Khameneh'i Elected President for Second Term", Middle East Contemporary Survey: 1984–1985, vol. IX, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, pp. 425–426, ISBN   9780813374451
  5. Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN   0-19-924958-X.