1985 Palauan presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Palau on 28 August 1985 to elect a President and Vice-President, following the assassination of Haruo Remeliik on 30 June.[1] Lazarus Salii won the election for President, defeating interim President Alfonso Oiterong, whilst Thomas Remengesau, Sr. was elected Vice-President. Voter turnout was 79.1%.

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Results

President
CandidateVotes%
Lazarus Salii4,07753.22
Alfonso Oiterong3,48445.48
Write-ins991.29
Total7,660100.00
Valid votes7,66099.51
Invalid/blank votes380.49
Total votes7,698100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,73579.08
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vice-President
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Remengesau, Sr.1,96825.94
Tosiwo Namamura1,35317.84
Kazuo Asanuma1,16815.40
Joshua Koshiba1,15215.19
Sadang Silmai90111.88
Haruo Willter7569.97
John Tarkong2753.63
Write-ins130.17
Total7,586100.00
Valid votes7,58698.55
Invalid/blank votes1121.45
Total votes7,698100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,73579.08
Source: Nohlen et al.

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p754 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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