1985_Palauan_presidential_election

1985 Palauan presidential election
	Presidential election
President before election; Alfonso Oiterong; Independent	Elected President ; Lazarus Salii; Independent
	Vice presidential election
Vice President before election; Alfonso Oiterong; Independent	Elected Vice President ; Thomas Remengesau Sr.; Independent

1985 Palauan presidential election

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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.^[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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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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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.

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.

1985_Palauan_presidential_election

1985 Palauan presidential election

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