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%.

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

Results

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President

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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

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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

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