1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in West Azerbaijan province

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

All 3 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Mohammad Beheshti 1980.jpg Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari and Ali-Naqi Tabasi (cropped-01).jpg
Leader Mohammad Beheshti Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou
Party IRP MPRP KDPI
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Location of the constituency within Iran

On 3 August 1979, Constitutional Convention election was held in West Azerbaijan Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide three seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution.

Each of the seats in the constituency went to a party. The Khomeinist candidate supported by the Islamic Republican Party was placed first, while the candidate endorsed by the Muslim People's Republic Party of Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari became second. The two Kurdish candidates who belonged to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan ended up in the third and fourth places, and the party was able to secure a seat. The Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas' nominee received no more than 11% of the votes and was defeated.

Results

1979 Constitutional Convention election: West Azerbaijan Province
PartyCandidateVotes%
IRP Ali Akbar Ghoreishi [lower-alpha 1] 152,42846.88
MPRP Mohammad Fowzi 117,66936.19
KDPI Abdolrahman Ghasemlou 113,77334.99
KDPI Ghani Bolourian103,08731.70
IRP Ali-Akbar Ghaffari 101,21531.13
Mollarahim Abbasi50,80215.62
Ghodratollah Atabak39,93612.28
OIPGF Mohammad-Anvar Soltani Boukani34,62810.65
Total votes325,156 100
  1. Also supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar)
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 39, p. 7, 7 August 1979

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