1985 Iranian presidential election
# 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.

## Campaign

Freedom Movement of Iran called for a boycott.

## Candidates

In July 1985, 50 people applied for the nomination, of which only 3 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
* Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
* 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 | Party | Candidate | Nohen et al | Nohen et al | ISSDP | ISSDP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | Candidate | 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 | Blank or invalid votes | Blank or invalid votes | 355,047 | 2.50 | 352,509 | 2.47 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 14,244,630 | 100 | 14,238,587 | 100 |
