1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in East Azerbaijan Province

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East Azerbaijan election
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3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)

All 6 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
 Majority partyMinority party
  Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari and Ali-Naqi Tabasi (cropped-01).jpg Mohammad Beheshti 1980.jpg
Leader Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari Mohammad Beheshti
Party MPRP IRP
Seats won
4 / 6
3 / 6
Defeated lsts

On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in East Azerbaijan Province (also encompassing the present-day Ardabil Province) with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide all six seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution.

The result was a relative victory for the Muslim People's Republic Party (MPRP) over the Islamic Republican Party (IRP). A stronghold of Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari supporters, it was one of the few constituencies where Khomeinist candidates did not end up winning a landslide. Out of the six seats up for the election, four went to those endorsed by the MPRP while the IRP had listed three winners (one candidates was supported by both). Lay candidates supported by groups such as the Freedom Movement of Iran and the Movement of Militant Muslims were defeated. Khomeini published a fatwa banning the People's Mujahedin of Iran from government elections. [1] [2] Secular nationalists and communists could not receive more than 3% of the votes.

Results

1979 Constitutional Convention election: East Azerbaijan Province
PartyCandidateVotes%
MPRP Jafar Sobhani [lower-alpha 1] 786,98687.52
MPRP Mohammad-Ali Angaji [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 4] 580,85464.60
MPRP Jafar Eshraghi [lower-alpha 2] 560,79362.37
MPRP Rahmatollah Moghaddam Maraghei [lower-alpha 2] 458,73351.02
IRP Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi 446,64349.67
IRP Ali Meshkini [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6] 431,26247.96
MPRP Ahmad Alizadeh Khoi [lower-alpha 2] 419,60146.66
MPRP Abolfath Abolfathi [lower-alpha 2] 372,23341.40
IRP Mohammad-Ali Sadat261,66729.10
IRP Seyyed Mehdi Golabi196,73821.88
IRP Asghar Neishabouri181,47420.18
Mohammad Milani-Hosseini [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 8] [lower-alpha 9] 124,74413.87
PMOI Ahmad Hanifnejad [lower-alpha 10] 76,1738.47
PMOI Hossein Khosrowshahi [lower-alpha 10] 27,9663.11
MMM Hassan Efekhar-Ardebili [lower-alpha 9] 26,4172.94
NPI Mirjavad Mousavi-Khalkhali20,9152.33
Saeid Rajaei-Khorasani [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 8] 19,5042.17
OIPGF Nematollah Mohammadi-Golehini17,4511.94
Tudeh Party Hossein Joudat6,7280.75
Tudeh Party Anoushirvan Ebrahimi6,2040.69
NF Mohsen Firouzmand-Khalkhali4,8890.54
JC Bagher Mortazavi Khosrowshahi2,6520.29
Ali Moghaddam1,9520.22
Mohammad-Bagher Sadri1,1830.13
NF Jalal Ghanizadeh [lower-alpha 4] 1,1420.13
Mashallah Talachian1,1410.13
SWPI Mahmoud Seirafizadeh 5390.06
NF Manouchehr Malek-Ghassemi4470.05
Total votes899,181 100
  1. Also supported by the Islamic Republican Party
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Also supported by the Radical Movement of Iran
  3. Also supported by the National Front
  4. 1 2 Also supported by Besharat Political Group (gorūḥ-e sīāsī-e bešārat).
  5. Also supported by the Movement of Muslim Women (neḥzat-e zanān-e mosalmān).
  6. Also supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar).
  7. 1 2 Also supported by the Freedom Movement of Iran
  8. 1 2 Also supported by the Movement of Militant Muslims
  9. 1 2 Also supported by the Muslim Students of the University of Tabriz
  10. 1 2 Supported by the Quintuple Coalition
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 42, p. 3, 9 August 1979

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