1985 Palauan presidential election

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Presidential election


Candidate	Lazarus Salii	Alfonso Oiterong
Party	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	4,077	3,484
Percentage	53.22%	45.48%

President before election

Alfonso Oiterong
Independent

Elected President

Lazarus Salii
Independent

Vice presidential election


Candidate	Thomas Remengesau Sr.	Tosiwo Namamura	Kazuo Asanuma
Party	Independent	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	1,968	1,353	1,168
Percentage	25.94%	17.84%	15.40%


Candidate	Joshua Koshiba	Sadang Silmai	Haruo Willter
Party	Independent	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	1,152	901	756
Percentage	15.19%	11.88%	9.97%

Vice President before election

Alfonso Oiterong
Independent

Elected Vice President

Thomas Remengesau Sr.
Independent

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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. 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%.

Results

President


Candidate	Votes	%
Lazarus Salii	4,077	53.22
Alfonso Oiterong	3,484	45.48
Write-ins	99	1.29
Total	7,660	100.00

Valid votes	7,660	99.51
Invalid/blank votes	38	0.49
Total votes	7,698	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	9,735	79.08
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vice-President


Candidate	Votes	%
Thomas Remengesau, Sr.	1,968	25.94
Tosiwo Namamura	1,353	17.84
Kazuo Asanuma	1,168	15.40
Joshua Koshiba	1,152	15.19
Sadang Silmai	901	11.88
Haruo Willter	756	9.97
John Tarkong	275	3.63
Write-ins	13	0.17
Total	7,586	100.00

Valid votes	7,586	98.55
Invalid/blank votes	112	1.45
Total votes	7,698	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	9,735	79.08
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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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