1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Isfahan Province

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.

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

The Islamic Republican Party won by a landslide. The rival list of the Quintuple Coalition, an alliance which included the People's Mujahedin of Iran, was defeated.

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[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7][lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 9] 787,687 83.33
IRP Ali-Akbar Parvaresh[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7][lower-alpha 9][lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 11] 710,726 75.19
IRP Hossein Khademi[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 11][lower-alpha 10] 585,302 61.92
IRP Hassan Ayat[lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 8] 479,818 50.76
CCA Mohammad Emami-Kashani 158,905 16.81
QC Mohammad Ahmadi-Foroushani 137,623 14.56
— Ahmad Salamatian[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 7] 137,022 14.50
CCA Ahmad Faghih-Emami[lower-alpha 9][lower-alpha 10] 63,484 6.72
CCA Mohammad-Ali Movahed Abtahi[lower-alpha 10] 51,858 5.49
— Ahmad Ghazanfarpour[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7] 50,932 5.39
CCA Hassan Safi[lower-alpha 10] 48,075 5.09
— Javad Gharavi 28,489 3.01
QC Rahmatollah Khaleghi[lower-alpha 11] 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. Supported by the Combatant Clergy Association
  3. 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. Supported by the Islamic Trade Union of the Esfahan Steel Company (etteḥād-e eslāmī-e kār-e zob-e āḥan-e esfahān).
  7. Supported by the Muslim Students of the University of Isfahan.
  8. Supported by the Organization of the Defenders of Monotheism (sāzmān-e modāfeʾān-e toḥīd).
  9. Supported by the Society for Preserving Unity (jamʾīyyat-e ḥāfez-e vahdat).
  10. Supported by the Society of Esfahan Engineers (jameʾe-ye moḥandesīn-e esfaḥān).
  11. 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

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