Florida 1985 Syrian presidential election ← 1978 10 February 1985 (1985-02-10) 1991 → 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 Politics of Syria Member State of the Arab League Constitution Preamble and Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Human rights Executive President (list) Bashar al-Assad Vice President Najah al-Attar Prime Minister (list) Hussein Arnous Deputy Prime Minister Ali Abdullah Ayyoub Legislature People's Assembly Speaker: Hammouda Sabbagh Judiciary High Judicial Council Supreme Constitutional Court Subdivisions Governorates Districts Subdistricts (Nahiyas) Villages Elections Recent elections Presidential: 200720142021 Parliamentary: 201220162020 Political parties National Progressive Front Popular Front for Change and Liberation Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Syrian branch) Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister: Faisal Mekdad Diplomatic missions of / in Syria Syrian nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy UN resolutions on Syria Status of the Golan Heights Syrian civil war Asia portal History portal Other countries 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 Party6,200,42899.99Against3760.01Total6,200,804100.00Valid votes6,200,80499.98Invalid/blank votes1,4560.02Total votes6,202,260100.00Registered voters/turnout6,560,86294.53Source: Nohlen et al. References ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN 0-19-924958-X Elections and referendums in SyriaPresidential elections 1949 1953 1958 1971 1978 1985 1991 1999 2000 2007 2014 2021 Parliamentary elections 1919 1923 1926 1928 1931 1932 1936 1943 1947 1949 1953 1954 1961 1973 1977 1981 1986 1990 1994 1998 2003 2007 2012 2016 2020 2024 Local elections 2011 2018 2022 Referendums 1949 1953 1958 1961 1971 1973 2012