1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Isfahan province

Isfahan election
3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)
All 4 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
Location of the constituency within Iran
Coalitions that won seats
 
Alliance Coalition of Islamic Parties Quintuple Coalition
Seats won
4 / 4
1 / 4
Defeated lsts

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

The Islamic Republican Party won. Because of conflicts and the major support the People's Mujahedin of Iran received among different minorities and Iranian sectors, Ayatollah Khomeini published a fatwa that prevented the group from taking part in elections of the new government.[1][2]

Unlike other provinces, the constituency was not contested by groups such as the Freedom Movement of Iran or the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas.

Results

1979 Constitutional Convention election: Isfahan Province
Party Candidate Votes %
IRP Jalaleddin Taheri[a][b][c][d][e][f][g][h][i] 787,687 83.33
IRP Ali-Akbar Parvaresh[f][g][i][j][k] 710,726 75.19
IRP Hossein Khademi[b][k][j] 585,302 61.92
IRP Hassan Ayat[l][c][f][j][h] 479,818 50.76
CCA Mohammad Emami-Kashani 158,905 16.81
QC Mohammad Ahmadi-Foroushani 137,623 14.56
— Ahmad Salamatian[f][j][g] 137,022 14.50
CCA Ahmad Faghih-Emami[i][j] 63,484 6.72
CCA Mohammad-Ali Movahed Abtahi[j] 51,858 5.49
— Ahmad Ghazanfarpour[f][g] 50,932 5.39
CCA Hassan Safi[j] 48,075 5.09
— Javad Gharavi 28,489 3.01
QC Rahmatollah Khaleghi[k] 10,466 1.11
MPRP Aboutorab Nafisi 7,205 0.76
— Hassan Faghih-Emami 5,485 0.58
Tudeh Party Hossein Azar 5,118 0.54
NPI Ahmad Gheisari-Esfehanai 3,838 0.41
QC Abolfazl Mirshams-Shahshahani 3,019 0.32
NPI Ahmad Yaraghi 1,951 0.21
JC Asghar Tofangsaz 1,815 0.19
— Mostafa Shahrtash 1,752 0.19
— Hossein Aghasharif 1,089 0.12
— Mohammad-Bagher Farani 1,054 0.11
— Mohammad-Bagher Khalesi 755 0.08
— Hossein Morvarid 432 0.05
Total votes 945,285 100
  1. ^ Supported by the Quintuple Coalition
  2. ^ a b Supported by the Combatant Clergy Association
  3. ^ a b Supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar).
  4. ^ Supported by the Organization of Holy Warriors in the Path of Truth (sāzmān-e mojāhedān-e rāḥ-e ḥaq).
  5. ^ Supported by the Guerillas of the Oppressed (čerikhā-ye mostazʾafin).
  6. ^ a b c d e Supported by the Islamic Trade Union of the Esfahan Steel Company (etteḥād-e eslāmī-e kār-e zob-e āḥan-e esfahān).
  7. ^ a b c d Supported by the Muslim Students of the University of Isfahan.
  8. ^ a b Supported by the Organization of the Defenders of Monotheism (sāzmān-e modāfeʾān-e toḥīd).
  9. ^ a b c Supported by the Society for Preserving Unity (jamʾīyyat-e ḥāfez-e vahdat).
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Supported by the Society of Esfahan Engineers (jameʾe-ye moḥandesīn-e esfaḥān).
  11. ^ a b c Supported by the Islamic Freedom-seekers Group (goruḥ-e āzādīḵāḥān-e eslāmi).
  12. ^ Supported by the Movement of Muslim Women (neḥzat-e zanān-e mosalmān).
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 40, p. 3, 7 August 1979[permanent dead link‍]

References

  1. ^ Cohen, Ronen (2009). The Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987-1997: Their Survival After the Islamic Revolution and Resistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Sussex Academic Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-1845192709.
  2. ^ Katzman, Kenneth (2001). "Iran: The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran". In Benliot, Albert V. (ed.). Iran: Outlaw, Outcast, Or Normal Country?. Nova. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-56072-954-9.