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, 50 people applied for the nomination, of which only 3 were approve
Ali Khamenei, the current president and candidate of the Islamic Republic Party.
Mahmoud Kashani, lawyer and independent candidate.
Habibollah Asgar Oladi, 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
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.
- ^ 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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