| Election Name: | Assembly of Experts elections |
| Country: | Iran |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | Popular |
| Next Election: | 1990 Iranian Assembly of Experts election |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
| Seats For Election: | 82 Seats in Assembly of Experts |
| Majority Seats: | 54 |
| Registered: | 23,277,871 |
| Turnout: | 77.38% |
| Chairman | |
| After Election: | Ali Meshkini |
The first Iranian Assembly of Experts election was held on December 10 1982, to elect all 82 members in 24 constituencies. 18,013,061 citizens voted in the elections, marking a 77.38% turnout. Out of 168 individuals registered to run, 146 (86.90%) were qualified allowed to do so.
Held in two-round system, 76 seats were decided in the first round, as well as 7 in the second round.[1]
Experts winning the elections made decisive resolutions, including electing Hussein-Ali Montazeri as the first and only "Deputy Supreme Leader of Iran" (Persian: قائممقام رهبری) in May 1985, deposing him in November 1987, and electing the new Supreme Leader in June 1989.[2]