1985 Syrian presidential election

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1985 Syrian presidential election
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg
  1978 10 February 1985 (1985-02-10) 1991  
  Hafez al Assad portrait.jpg
Nominee Hafez al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party
Alliance NPF
Popular vote6,200,428
Percentage99.99%

1971, 1978, 1985, 1991, 1999, 2000, and 2007 Syrian presidential election results by Governorate.svg
Results by governorate
Assad:      90–100%
      Election not held

President before election

Hafez al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

Elected President

Hafez al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

Presidential elections were held in Syria on 10 February 1985. [1] There was only one candidate, Hafez al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.99% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 94.5%.

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hafez al-Assad Ba'ath Party 6,200,42899.99
Against3760.01
Total6,200,804100.00
Valid votes6,200,80499.98
Invalid/blank votes1,4560.02
Total votes6,202,260100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,560,86294.53
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN   0-19-924958-X