1985 Iranian presidential election

none Iran presidential October 1981 Iranian presidential election October 1981 1989 Iranian presidential election 1989 16 August 1985 25,993,802 54.78% ( 19.48pp) Portrait of Ali Khamenei, 1985 (2).jpg Ali Khamenei Islamic Republican Party 12,203,870 87.9% Mahmoud Kashani.jpg Mahmoud Kashani Independent politician 1,402,416 10.1% Iranian presidential election, 1985 by province.svg Results by ProvinceKhamenei: #737373 70–80% #5a5a5a 80–90% #424242 >90% President Ali Khamenei Islamic Republican Party Ali Khamenei Islamic Republican Party Traditional Righta Origin of the Principlists Traditional Righta Presidential elections were held in Iran on 16 August 1985, and resulted in the re-election of the incumbent President Ali Khamenei. Campaign Freedom Movement of Iran called for a boycott.Houchang E. Chehabi Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini I.B.Tauris 298 1990 1850431981 Candidates In July 1985, 50 people applied for the nomination, of whom only three were approved: Ali Khamenei, the current president and candidate of the Islamic Republic Party. Mahmoud Kashani, lawyer and independent candidate. Habibollah Asgaroladi, former Minister of Commerce and candidate of the Islamic Coalition Party Disqualified The following candidates were disqualified by the Guardian Council: Mehdi Bazargan, Secretary-General of Freedom Movement of Iran and former Prime Minister of IranHiro Dilip 2013 Libertation Movement of Iran A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East 9781623710330 Interlink Publishing Mohammad Mousavi KhoeinihaRabinovich Itamar Shaked Haim Middle East Contemporary Survey: 1984–1985 IX Khameneh'i Elected President for Second Term Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies 1988 9780813374451 425–426 Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei, Secretary-General of Fada'iyan-e Islam Babak Zahraei, Leader of Socialist Workers' Party of Iran Results 1985 Iranian presidential election Party Candidate Nohen et alDieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen Florian Grotz Christof Hartmann 2001 Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook Iran Oxford University Press I 76 0-19-924958-X ISSDP 1985 Presidential Election The Iran Social Science Data Portal Princeton University https://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/elections/pres/1985/ 10 August 2015 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 Notes References Iranian presidential election Presidential election Category:Ali Khamenei Iranian presidential election Category:One-party elections Category:Presidential elections in Iran