1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Tehran province explained

Election Name:Tehran election
Country:Persia
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Votes For Election:10 Members in the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
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Type:legislative
Embed:yes
Election Name:Coalitions by number of seats won
Alliance1:Great Islamic Coalition
Alliance2:Quintuple Coalition
Alliance3:Grand National Alliance
Alliance4:Septuple Coalition
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Type:legislative
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Election Name:Parties whose members won
Image1:Mohammad Beheshti 1980.jpg
Leader1:Mohammad Beheshti
Party1:IRP
Leader2:Mehdi Bazargan
Party2:FMI
Image3:Hussein-Ali Montazeri portrait photograph of 1978.jpg
Leader3:Hussein-Ali Montazeri
Party3:SST
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Map Size:250px

On 3 August 1979, Constitutional Convention election was held in Tehran Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide ten seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution

It resulted in a landslide victory or the Coalition of Islamic Parties, which all of its candidates won with a wide margin. Unlike other constituencies, the coalition's list of candidates was not dominated by the Khomeinists in the Islamic Republican Party and included four of their moderate rivals. Mahmoud Taleghani, the popular cleric who was endorsed by groups in a wide range of political spectrum, was ranked first and gained almost 80% of votes. Other coalitions including the Quintuple Coalition and the Grand National Alliance were defeated and none of their candidates, exempting those shared with the Islamic coalition, performed well. The former's top exclusive candidates, Asghar Sayyed Javadi and Massoud Rajavi, received no better than 12% of all votes cast.

No secular group was successful and all of candidates affiliated with such parties were defeated. Communist parties like the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, the Tudeh Party of Iran, the Socialist Workers' Party of Iran and the Laborers' Party of Iran, as well as those of the nationalists such as the Nation Party of Iran, the National Front and the Radical Movement of Iran, all did poor.

Results

CandidateAffiliationVotes%
1 Mahmoud TaleghaniFreedom Movement of Iran2,016,80179.86
2Abolhassan BanisadrIndependent1,763,12669.82
3Hossein-Ali MontazeriSociety of Seminary Teachers1,672,98066.25
4Ali Golzadeh GhafouriIndependent1,560,97061.81
5Mohammad BeheshtiIslamic Republican Party1,547,55061.28
6Ezzatollah SahabiFreedom Movement of Iran1,449,71357.41
7Abdul-Karim Mousavi ArdebiliIslamic Republican Party1,389,84655.04
8Abbas SheibaniIslamic Republican Party1,387,81354.95
9Monireh GorjiIslamic Republican Party1,313,73152.02
10Ali-Mohammad ArabIslamic Republican Party1,305,13651.68
11Asghar Sayyed JavadiThe Movement for Freedom298,36011.81
12Massoud RajaviPeople's Mujahedin Organization297,70711.79
13Fakhreddin HejaziIslamic Republican Party189,0167.48
14Abdolkarim LahijiIndependent179,7987.12
15Habibollah PeymanMovement of Militant Muslims164,6446.52
16Mohammad MofattehCombatant Clergy Association153,5756.08
17Azam TaleghaniWomen of Islamic Revolution132,4305.24
18Sadegh KhalkhaliCombatant Clergy Association122,2174.84
19Roghayeh DaneshgariPeople's Fedai Guerrillas115,3344.57
20Yahya NasiriCombatant Clergy Association111,2794.41
21Naser KatouzianThe Movement for Freedom110,8594.39
22Tahereh SaffarzadehMovement of Militant Muslims101,7784.03
23Mostafa MadaniPeople's Fedai Guerrillas100,8944.00
24Heshmatollah RaisiPeople's Fedai Guerrillas90,6413.59
25Zahra RahnavardIndependent77,9323.09
26Hassan TavanayanfardIndependent75,3522.98
27Mehdi Hajghazi-TehraniVanguard Workers56,0852.22
28Morteza AladpoushPeykar49,9791.98
29Ehsan TabariTudeh Party47,2251.87
30Hasan NazihFreedom Movement of Iran44,7651.77
31Nezameddin GhahariJAMA36,7911.46
32Noureddin KianouriTudeh Party32,6271.29
33Mohammad-Ali AmouyiTudeh Party25,7921.02
34Maryam FarmanfarmaianTudeh Party25,7921.02
35Asef RazmdidehTudeh Party20,9420.83
36Hassan HabibiFreedom Movement of Iran17,8190.71
37Abdolhamid IravaniCombatant Clergy Association17,8190.71
38Babak ZahraieSocialist Workers' Party16,4460.65
39Saber MohammadzadehTudeh Party16,1500.64
40Abbas Hajari-BajestaniTudeh Party15,9420.63
41Lotfollah MeisamiPeople's Mujahedin Movement11,2740.45
42Mahmoud EnayatMuslim People's Republic Party10,6450.42
43Parvaneh ForouharNation Party8,1100.32
44Hossein AnsarianCombatant Clergy Association6,7480.27
45Alireza JahandarIndependent4,7850.19
46Mahmoud Rezaei-HanjeniHojjatieh4,1730.17
47Ali SadeghiThe Revolutionary Organization3,4730.14
48Noor-Ali TabandehIndependent3,3430.13
49Behrouz BoroumandNation Party2,8400.11
50Majid ZarbakhshThe Revolutionary Organization2,7190.11
51Farideh GarmanThe Revolutionary Organization2,6850.11
52Gholam-Ali MaloulIndependent2,5680.10
53Asghar Ghaem-MaghamiIndependent (ex-Military)2,5190.10
54Esmail KhoiIndependent2,5000.10
55Sedigheh NabaviSocialist Workers' Party1,9740.08
56Simin MovahedSocialist Workers' Party1,7050.07
57Mostafa RahnamaIndependent1,6290.06
58Gholam-Ali HassasIndependent1,5090.06
59Manouchehr MasoudiNation Party1,4820.06
60Nosratollah AminiNational Front1,4070.06
61Esmail FazelpourNation Party1,3560.05
62Rahim AbediRadical Movement1,3050.05
63Ebrahim KarimabadiNational Front1,1750.05
64Hossein LankaraniIndependent1,1130.04
65Khosrow SeifNation Party1,0420.04
66Hadi SoudbakhshThe Revolutionary Organization9900.04
67Mohammad-Reza Jafari9540.04
68Jalal GhanizadehNational Front5900.02
69Abolghasem Rafiee5800.02
70Naser Rangraz5740.02
71Ebadollah MahmoudianSocialist Workers' Party5670.02
72Hojabr Khosravi-AzarbaijaniSocialist Workers' Party5550.02
73Sadegh TaghaviIndependent5070.02
74Mohammad-Reza Amir-AslaniSocialist Workers' Party4960.02
75Ali SadriNation Party4870.02
76Ramezan Haj-Esmaili4660.02
77Abbas Abbasi4470.02
78Mohammad-Reza Sadeghi4160.02
79Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi3920.02
80Seyyed Ahmad TaghavizadehIndependent3490.01
81Naser Fatemi3010.01
82Mohammad-Kaveh Touyserkani2860.01
83Ali Esmaili2620.01
84Ahmad FardidIndependent2010.01
85Mohammad-Hassan Shaqaqi1950.01
86Gholamreza MortazaviRadical Movement1760.01
87Mahmoud JavidanIndependent1520.01
88Shahrokh VakhshouriRepublican Party1380.01
89Jalal Mofid1360.01
90Taghi Davoudi-MakkinejadRadical Movement1310.01
Khalil HaghighatJamiat Edalat1310.01
92Naser Yamin Mardux-KordestaniIndependent1120.00
93Ahmad HaritashIndependent1110.00
94Ehsanollah AfshariIndependent1100.00
95Gholamreza TeiranianIndependent1080.00
96Naser EnghetaIndependent1020.00
Ahmad ShahabFada'iyan-e Islam1020.00
98Ziaedin KhajekarimediniIndependent990.00
99Seyyed Yousef Hashemi750.00
100Habibollah ZolghadrIndependent680.00
Hormoz Bahmanpour680.00
102Hossein Afshar-Moghadam660.00
Ali-Akbar AjiliMojahedan-e Rah-e Haq660.00
104Jalil Hoghoughi540.00
Hadi KhatamiCombatant Clergy Association540.00
106Mostafa Jomhouri440.00
107Farrokh Shaban360.00
108Seyyed Hadi Parnia210.00
109Abbas-Ali Mazloumi Jahromi190.00
Total Votes2,525,381100
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By County

Karaj County
CandidateVotes%
1 Mahmoud Taleghani208,03499.23
2Abolhassan Banisadr185,65788.56
3Hossein-Ali Montazeri180,75386.22
4Mohammad Beheshti168,93780.58
5Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri165,50378.95
6Ezzatollah Sahabi159,46876.07
7Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili153,45673.20
8Abbas Sheibani150,10671.60
9Ali-Mohammad Arab139,13366.37
10Monireh Gorji138,32565.98
11Sadegh Khalkhali23,63411.27
12Asghar Sayyed Javadi19,3459.23
13Massoud Rajavi18,7048.92
14Azam Taleghani15,1497.23
15Habibollah Peyman14,0436.70
16Fakhreddin Hejazi12,5205.97
17Abdolkarim Lahiji8,5754.09
18Hassan Tavanayanfard8,2753.95
19Yahya Nasiri6,2452.98
20Zahra Rahnavard5,7452.74
21Naser Katouzian5,7252.73
22Tahereh Saffarzadeh5,4452.60
23Mohammad Mofatteh5,3142.53
24Roghayeh Daneshgari4,6832.23
25Mostafa Madani3,8461.83
Total Votes209,642100
Varamin County
CandidateVotes%
1 Mahmoud Taleghani63,29598.29
2Hossein-Ali Montazeri60,52493.99
3Abolhassan Banisadr59,40192.24
4Mohammad Beheshti58,64791.07
5Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili57,66389.55
6Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri57,56789.40
7Abbas Sheibani56,31287.45
8Ali-Mohammad Arab55,07185.52
9Monireh Gorji53,15482.54
10Ezzatollah Sahabi31,61049.09
11Mohammad Mofatteh23,43836.40
12Fakhreddin Hejazi3,1014.82
13Yahya Nasiri1,8462.87
14Azam Taleghani1,7362.70
15Zahra Rahnavard1,7342.69
16Asghar Sayyed Javadi1,6902.62
17Sadegh Khalkhali1,6442.55
18Habibollah Peyman1,5342.38
19Massoud Rajavi1,5052.34
20Hassan Tavanayanfard8161.27
21Naser Katouzian5530.86
Abdolkarim Lahiji5530.86
23Tahereh Saffarzadeh3090.48
24Hassan Nazih2670.41
25Roghayeh Daneshgari2540.39
Total Votes64,395100
Damavand County and Firuzkuh District
CandidateVotes%
1 Mahmoud Taleghani35,56998.92
2Abolhassan Banisadr33,65293.59
3Hossein-Ali Montazeri33,11892.10
4Ezzatollah Sahabi32,79591.21
5Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri32,43790.21
6Mohammad Beheshti32,15289.42
7Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili31,05086.35
8Abbas Sheibani30,85785.82
9Ali-Mohammad Arab30,15283.86
10Monireh Gorji29,95183.30
11Massoud Rajavi2,2306.20
12Asghar Sayyed Javadi1,9395.39
13Habibollah Peyman1,6604.62
14Abdolkarim Lahiji1,2153.38
15Yahya Nasiri1,1933.32
16Mostafa Madani8902.48
17Naser Katouzian8372.33
18Roghayeh Daneshgari7952.21
19Mohammad Mofatteh7392.06
20Tahereh Saffarzadeh7272.02
21Heshmatollah Raisi6921.92
22Azam Taleghani6551.82
23Zahra Rahnavard6251.74
24Fakhreddin Hejazi5481.52
25Ehsan Tabari3731.04
Total Votes35,957100

Notes and References

  1. Number of votes received by top-18 candidates:

    Mentions of the votes received by left-wing candidates:

    Full result:

  2. Names of the candidates listed by coalitions: