1985 Presidential Election

Date of Election 16 August 1985
Number of Eligible Voters 25,993,802
Number of Actual Voters 14,238,587
Voter Turnout (%) 54.78
Number of Candidates Registered to Run 50
Number of Candidates Allowed to Run (1) 3
Percentage of Candidates Allowed to Run 6.0%
Election Winner Seyyed Ali Khamenei
Number and Percentage of Votes Received by Winner 12,205,012 (85%)
First Runner-Up Seyyed Mahmoud Kashani
First Runner-Up Number and Percentage of Votes Received 1,402,953 (9.85%)
Margin of Victory by the Winner 75.2%
Names and Votes of Other Candidates Habibollah Asgaroladi-Mosalman, 278,113 (1.95%)

Sources:

Ministry of Interior: http://www.moi.ir

http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news-82636.aspx

Notes:

Former Prime Minister Bazargan was disqualified from running in this election by the Guardian Council.

BBC puts Kashani’s vote at 1,397,548, Asharoladi’s at 276,502 and Khamenei’s at over 12 million. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/05/090509_ra_ir88_candidates.shtml

There is no public data available on the number of female candidates who submitted their candidacy.

(1) Candidates submitting their candidacy are first vetted by the Ministry of Interior and then by the Guardian Council. The number we show under `candidates allowed to run` represents the number of candidates allowed to run after the vetting processes by both the Ministry of Interior and the Guardian Council are completed.

 Breakdown of Votes Based on Province

Province   Eligible Voters     Votes   Turnout (percent)
East Azerbaijan  2,148,720  1,053,263 49.02
West Azerbaijan  1,030,289  552,424 53.62
Esfahan  1,765,815  993,142 56.24
Ilam  179,523  133,759 74.51
Bushehr  299,613  184,522 61.59
Tehran  5,021,549  2,420,309 48.2
Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari  302,059  183,946 60.9
Khorasan  2,678,502  1,490,500 55.65
Khuzestan  1,354,857  770,976 56.9
Zanjan  800,371  500,008 62.47
Semnan  236,274  162,058 68.59
Sistan and Baluchestan  551,208  175,968 31.92
Fars  1,634,990  901,692 55.15
Kurdistan  543,780  280,451 51.57
Kerman  815,641  449,600 55.12
Kermanshah  762,340  350,187 45.94
Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad  188,568  126,656 67.17
Gilan  1,180,356  514,914 43.62
Lorestan  661,404  458,737 69.36
Mazandaran  1,812,158  990,825 54.68
Markazi  575,781  553,330 96.1
Hormozgan  374,481  172,180 45.98
Hamadan  772,612  468,816 60.68
Yazd  302,911  201,205 66.42
Iran  (total)  25,993,802  14,238,587

(including Iranians abroad)

54.78