1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Zanjan province

On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Zanjan Province (encompassing today's Qazvin Province) with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide two seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution.

Zanjan election

3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)
2 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
Alliance Coalition of Islamic Parties Quintuple Coalition Septuple Coalition Seats won 2 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2

The result was a victory for the two candidates supported by the Islamic Republican Party while the candidate of the Combatant Clergy Association was placed third. Members of other parties such as the Muslim People's Republic Party, the Nation Party of Iran and JAMA (the latter endorsed by the Quintuple Coalition) were defeated and the only communist who ran in the constituency received the fewest votes cast.

Results

1979 Constitutional Convention election: Zanjan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IRP	Hadi Barikbin[a]	206,932	54.90
	IRP	Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani[a]	204,461	54.24
	CCA	Seyyed Abbas Aboutorabi	123,836	32.85
	MPRP	Mohammad-Esmail Saeini	25,764	6.84
	NPI	Nasser Takmil Homayoun	19,647	5.21
	JAMA	Hadi Motameni[b]	12,179	3.23
	—	Shoja Ebrahim-Tavani	1,784	0.47
	OSEWC	Ebrahim Nazari[c]	747	0.20
Total votes			376,922	100
Also supported by the Combatant Clergy Association. Supported by the Quintuple Coalition. Supported by the Septuple Coalition.
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 42, p. 3, 9 August 1979