1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Hamedan Province

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Hamedan election
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3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)

2 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution

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Location of the constituency within Iran
Contesting coalitions
 
Alliance Coalition of Islamic Parties Quintuple Coalition
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On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Hamedan Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide two seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution.

The constituency was a scene of rivalry between candidates of different Islamic groups and no communist or secular nationalist ran for a seat. The result was a landslide victory for the two candidates supported by both the Islamic Republican Party and the Combatant Clergy Association. Members of other parties such as the Muslim People's Republic Party, the Movement of Militant Muslims and JAMA (the latter endorsed by the Quintuple Coalition) were defeated.

Result

1979 Constitutional Convention election: Hamedan Province
PartyCandidateVotes%
IRP Asadollah Madani [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 4] [lower-alpha 5] 339,57094.23
IRP Kazem Akrami [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6] 282,09178.28
MMM Ezzatollah Radmanesh30,6428.50
MPRP Mohammad Mirshahvalad30,0828.35
JAMA Yahya Naziri [lower-alpha 7] 8,5832.38
MPRP Farrokh Daftari6370.18
Kaveh2640.07
Total votes360,360 100
  1. 1 2 Supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar).
  2. 1 2 Supported by Society for Preserving Unity (jamʾīyyat-e hāfez-e vahdat).
  3. Supported by the Organization of Holy Warriors in the Path of Truth (sāzmān-e mojāhedān-e rāḥ-e ḥaq).
  4. Supported by the Organization of the Defenders of Monotheism (sāzmān-e modāfeʾān-e toḥīd).
  5. 1 2 Supported by the Combatant Clergy Association
  6. Supported by the Freedom Movement of Iran
  7. Supported by the Quintuple Coalition
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 39, p. 7, 7 August 1979

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