1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Isfahan province

none Isfahan election Persia legislative no 1979 08 03 y All 4 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution legislative yes Coalitions that won seats no Coalition of Islamic Parties 4 4 Islamic Republican Party no Quintuple Coalition 1 4 Quintuple Coalition yes yes background:lightgrey Defeated lsts Muslim People's Republic Party Nation Party of Iran Justice Society Tudeh Party of Iran Socialist Workers' Party of Iran IranEsfahan-SVG.svg 250px Location of the constituency within Iran 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. 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.Ronen Cohen The Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987-1997: Their Survival After the Islamic Revolution and Resistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran Sussex Academic Press 2009 978-1845192709 15Kenneth Katzman Iran: The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran Iran: Outlaw, Outcast, Or Normal Country? Nova Science Publishers 2001 Albert V. Benliot 978-1-56072-954-9 101 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 Islamic Republican Party Jalaleddin Taherilower-alpha "QC" Supported by the Quintuple Coalitionlower-alpha "CCA" Supported by the Combatant Clergy Associationlower-alpha "MAMO" Supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar).lower-alpha "SMRH" Supported by the Organization of Holy Warriors in the Path of Truth (sāzmān-e mojāhedān-e rāḥ-e ḥaq).lower-alpha "CM" Supported by the Guerillas of the Oppressed (čerikhā-ye mostazʾafin).lower-alpha "ZA" Supported by the Islamic Trade Union of the Esfahan Steel Company (etteḥād-e eslāmī-e kār-e zob-e āḥan-e esfahān).lower-alpha "UoI" Supported by the Muslim Students of the University of Isfahan.lower-alpha "SMT" Supported by the Organization of the Defenders of Monotheism (sāzmān-e modāfeʾān-e toḥīd).lower-alpha "SPU" Supported by the Society for Preserving Unity (jamʾīyyat-e ḥāfez-e vahdat). 787,687 83.33 Islamic Republican Party Ali-Akbar Parvareshlower-alpha "ZA"lower-alpha "UoI"lower-alpha "SPU"lower-alpha "JME" Supported by the Society of Esfahan Engineers (jameʾe-ye moḥandesīn-e esfaḥān).lower-alpha "GAE" Supported by the Islamic Freedom-seekers Group (goruḥ-e āzādīḵāḥān-e eslāmi). 710,726 75.19 Islamic Republican Party Hossein Khademilower-alpha "CCA"lower-alpha "GAE"lower-alpha "JME" 585,302 61.92 Islamic Republican Party Hassan Ayatlower-alpha Supported by the Movement of Muslim Women (neḥzat-e zanān-e mosalmān).lower-alpha "MAMO"lower-alpha "ZA"lower-alpha "JME"lower-alpha "SMT" 479,818 50.76 |- |colspan="14" style="background:#E9E9E9;"| |- Combatant Clergy Association Mohammad Emami-Kashani 158,905 16.81 Quintuple Coalition Mohammad Ahmadi-Foroushani 137,623 14.56 — Ahmad Salamatianlower-alpha "ZA"lower-alpha "JME"lower-alpha "UoI" 137,022 14.50 Combatant Clergy Association Ahmad Faghih-Emamilower-alpha "SPU"lower-alpha "JME" 63,484 6.72 Combatant Clergy Association Mohammad-Ali Movahed Abtahilower-alpha "JME" 51,858 5.49 — Ahmad Ghazanfarpourlower-alpha "ZA"lower-alpha "UoI" 50,932 5.39 Combatant Clergy Association Hassan Safilower-alpha "JME" 48,075 5.09 — Javad Gharavi 28,489 3.01 Quintuple Coalition Rahmatollah Khaleghilower-alpha "GAE" 10,466 1.11 Muslim People's Republican Party Aboutorab Nafisi 7,205 0.76 — Hassan Faghih-Emami 5,485 0.58 Tudeh Party of Iran Hossein Azar 5,118 0.54 Nation Party of Iran Ahmad Gheisari-Esfehanai 3,838 0.41 Quintuple Coalition Abolfazl Mirshams-Shahshahani 3,019 0.32 Nation Party of Iran Ahmad Yaraghi 1,951 0.21 Justice Society (Iran) 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 0.05 945,285 100 |colspan=14|lower-alpha |- |colspan=14|Source: https://www.iran-archive.com/sites/default/files/sanad/enghelabe-eslami-0040.pdf Election Results Enghelab-e-Eslami 7 August 1979 40 3June 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes References Iran politics Category:1979 elections in Iran Category:Isfahan province