1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election information
Poll conducted in Iran on 3 and 4 August 1979
1979 Iranian Constitutional Convention election
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3–4 August 1979[1]
All 73 seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
Registered
20,857,391[2]
Turnout
51.71%[2]
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Mohammad Beheshti
Mehdi Bazargan
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
Party
Islamic Republican Party
Freedom Movement of Iran
Muslim People's Republican Party
Leader's seat
Tehran
Did not stand
Did not stand
Seats won
55≈66
3≈8
3≈7
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou[a]
Massoud Rajavi
Habibollah Peyman
Party
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
People's Mujahedin of Iran
Movement of Militant Muslims
Leader's seat
West Azerbaijan
Tehran (defeated)
Tehran (defeated)
Seats won
1
0
0
Seventh party
Eighth party
Ninth party
Leader
Farrokh Negahdar
Noureddin Kianouri
Dariush Forouhar
Party
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas
Tudeh Party of Iran
Nation Party of Iran
Leader's seat
Did not stand
Tehran (defeated)
Did not stand
Seats won
0
0
0
Constitutional Convention elections were held in Iran on 3 and 4 August 1979. The result was a victory for the Islamic Republican Party.[3] There were 10,784,932 votes cast in the elections, marking 51.71% turnout.[2] Of all members elected, 68% were clerics.[4]
The new constitution drawn up by the body was approved by the voters in a referendum in December.[2]
^Zabir, Sepehr (2012). Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran D). Taylor & Francis. pp. 34–35. ISBN 1136833005.
^ abcde"The 1979 Assembly of Experts for the Drafting of the Constitution Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, archived from the original on 2015-09-24, retrieved 10 August 2015
^Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. p. 74. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
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