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

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Registered	25,993,802[1]
Turnout	54.78%[1] ( 19.48pp)
Nominee Ali Khamenei Mahmoud Kashani Party IRP Independent Alliance Principlists Principlists 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 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 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

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