1985 Syrian presidential election

10 February 1985 (1985-02-10)
 
Nominee Hafez al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party
Alliance NPF
Popular vote 6,200,428
Percentage 99.99%


President before election

Hafez al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

Elected President

Hafez al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

Presidential elections were held in Syria on 10 February 1985.[1] There was only one candidate, Hafez al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.99% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 94.5%.

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hafez al-AssadBa'ath Party6,200,42899.99
Against3760.01
Total6,200,804100.00
Valid votes6,200,80499.98
Invalid/blank votes1,4560.02
Total votes6,202,260100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,560,86294.53
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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