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
Muslim People's Republic Party Nation Party of Iran Justice Society Tudeh Party of Iran Socialist Workers' Party of Iran

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
Supported by the Quintuple Coalition Supported by the Combatant Clergy Association Supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar). Supported by the Organization of Holy Warriors in the Path of Truth (sāzmān-e mojāhedān-e rāḥ-e ḥaq). Supported by the Guerillas of the Oppressed (čerikhā-ye mostazʾafin). Supported by the Islamic Trade Union of the Esfahan Steel Company (etteḥād-e eslāmī-e kār-e zob-e āḥan-e esfahān). Supported by the Muslim Students of the University of Isfahan. Supported by the Organization of the Defenders of Monotheism (sāzmān-e modāfeʾān-e toḥīd). Supported by the Society for Preserving Unity (jamʾīyyat-e ḥāfez-e vahdat). Supported by the Society of Esfahan Engineers (jameʾe-ye moḥandesīn-e esfaḥān). Supported by the Islamic Freedom-seekers Group (goruḥ-e āzādīḵāḥān-e eslāmi). 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]