Presidential election in Iran 1985

The 1985 Iranian presidential election took place on August 16, 1985 . The incumbent President Seyyed Ali Chamene'i was confirmed in office.

prehistory

Khamenei's renewed candidacy was only officially announced shortly before the election and at the urging of the Supreme Legal Scholar Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini . Iran was at the time in the First Gulf War . After Khamenei announced his candidacy, he was considered a clear favorite. Two other candidates, Habibollah Asgar-Owladi and Mahmoud Kashani, were nominated, Mehdi Bāzargān disqualified by the Guardian Council before the election . The turnout was 54.78%.

Result

	be right	percent
Seyyed Ali Chamene'i	12.205.012	85%
Mahmoud Kashani	1,402,953	9.85%
Habibollah Asgar-Owladi	278.113	1.95%
total	14,238,587	100%

See also

• History of Iran since 1979

Individual evidence

1. ↑ princeton.edu ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 1985 Presidential Election , accessed February 2, 2013