1985 Iranian presidential election
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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
In July 1985, a total of 50 put their names forward as candidates, however the three candidates approved were all from the Islamic Republican Party.[3]
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[4]
- Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha[5]
- Mohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei, Secretary-General of Fada'iyan-e Islam[5]
- Babak Zahraei, Leader of Socialist Workers' Party of Iran[5]
Results
Template:Iranian presidential election, 1985
References
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
IDPwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.
- ^ "Iranian president is re-elected", United Press International, 17 August 1985, retrieved 5 April 2020
- ^ Hiro, Dilip (2013). "Libertation Movement of Iran". A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East. Interlink Publishing. ISBN 9781623710330.
- ^ a b c 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
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