Iranian presidential election, 1985
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Registered | 25,993,802[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 54.78%[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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The Iranian presidential election of 1985 took place on August 16, 1985, and resulted in the re-election of the incumbent President Ali Khamenei.
Campaign
Freedom Movement of Iran called for a boycott.[2]
Candidates
Disqualified
The following candidates were disquilified by the Guardian Council:
- Mehdi Bazargan, Secretary-General of Freedom Movement of Iran[3]
- Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha[4]
- Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei, Secretary-General of Fada'iyan-e Islam[4]
- Babak Zahraei, Leader of Socialist Workers' Party of Iran[4]
Results
Party | Candidate | Nohen et al[5] | ISSDP[1] | ||||
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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 2 3 "1985 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hiro, Dilip (2013). "Libertation Movement of Iran". A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East. Interlink Publishing. ISBN 9781623710330.
- 1 2 3 Rabinovich, Itamar; Shaked, Haim (1988), "Khameneh'i Elected President for Secon Term", Middle East Contemporary Survey: 1984–1985, IX, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, p. 425–426, ISBN 9780813374451
- ↑ 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.
External links
- Shargh's article on the 1985 election (in Persian)
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