1985 Iranian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Iran on 16 August 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, 50 people applied for the nomination, of which only 3 were approve

Ali Khamenei, the current president and candidate of the Islamic Republic Party.

Mahmoud Kashani, lawyer and independent candidate.

Habibollah Asgar Oladi, former Minister of Commerce and candidate of the Islamic Coalition Party

Disqualified

The following candidates were disqualified by the Guardian Council:

Results
1985 Iranian presidential election
Party Candidate Nohen et al[5] 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. Hiro, Dilip (2013). "Libertation Movement of Iran". A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East. Interlink Publishing. ISBN 9781623710330.
  4. 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.


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