1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Khorasan Province

none Khorasan election Persia presidential no 1979 08 All 7 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution legislative yes Lists that won seats no Islamic Republican Party 7 7 Islamic Republican Party 008000 Mashhad's Eminent Proofs 4 7 Green no Movement of Militant Muslims 1 7 Movement of Militant Muslims no Freedom Movement of Iran 1 7 Freedom Movement of Iran yes yes background:lightgrey Defeated lsts Quintuple Coalition Muslim People's Republic Party Nation Party of Iran Tudeh Party of Iran IranKhorasan-SVG.svg 250px Location of the constituency within Iran On 3 August 1979, Constitutional Convention election was held in Khorasan Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide seven seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution It resulted in a landslide victory for the Khomeinist candidates in the Coalition of Islamic Parties who swept all seats. They were followed by clerical rivals of Khomeini, including the leader of Hojjatieh, who were endorsed jointly by Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi and Mohammad al-Shirazi. The top four winning contenders were supported by both groupings, indicating that the former list had approximately twice number of supporters in comparison to the latter. The top candidate of the defeated Quintuple Coalition received no better than 5% of all votes cast, suppressing those supported by the Sunni community. Candidates of non-religious groups such as the left-wing Tudeh Party of Iran and the right-wing Nation Party of Iran could not receive more than a few thousand votes in their favor. Result 1979 Constitutional Convention election: Khorasan Province Islamic Republican Party Mahmoud Rouhanilower-alpha "MGP" Supported by the electoral list 'Mashhad's Eminent Proofs [of God]' (āyāt-e ezām-e mašḥad). 949,923 89.44 Islamic Republican Party Javad Aghatehranilower-alpha "MGP" 947,614 89.23 Islamic Republican Party Abolhassan Shirazilower-alpha "MGP" 940,225 88.53 Islamic Republican Party Ali Falsafilower-alpha "MGP" 906,888 85.39 Islamic Republican Party Jalaleddin Farsi 660,001 62.14 Islamic Republican Party Mohammad Khamenei 640,958 60.35 Islamic Republican Party Ali Tehranilower-alpha "MMM" Supported by the Movement of Militant Muslimslower-alpha "FMI" Supported by the Freedom Movement of Iran 559,639 52.69 |- |colspan="14" style="background:#E9E9E9;"| |- — Mehdi Noghanilower-alpha "MGP" 366,532 34.51 Hojjatieh Mahmoud Halabilower-alpha "MGP" 307,754 28.98 — Abbas-Ali Eslamilower-alpha "MGP" 284,581 26.80 People's Mujahedin of Iran Mansour Bazarganlower-alpha "QC" Supported by the Quintuple Coalition 51,113 4.81 — Mahmoud Farhoudilower-alpha Supported by Health professionals affiliated with the University of Mashhad 33,067 3.11 — Shamseddin Motaharilower-alpha "ATC" Supported by the Sunni community (aḥl-e tasannon) 32,990 3.11 — Salaheddin Bayatilower-alpha "ATC" 30,822 2.90 — Ahmad Faroughilower-alpha "ATC" 30,010 2.83 — Mohammad-Amin Yaghoubi Jamilower-alpha "ATC" 29,454 2.77 — Gholam-Ali Karimdarilower-alpha "ATC" 29,052 2.74 Movement of Militant Muslims Mahmoud Delasaeilower-alpha "QC" 26,772 2.52 JAMA (political party) Mehdi Zarif-Asgarilower-alpha "QC" 23,976 2.26 Muslim People's Republican Party Fazel Bakhsheshi 7,722 0.73 Tudeh Party of Iran Ali Khavari 6,452 0.61 Freedom Movement of Iran Hossein Ansari 4,384 0.41 Nation Party of Iran Mahmoud Ardakanian 3,358 0.32 Nation Party of Iran Hossein Barazandehlower-alpha "FMI" 2,145 0.20 — Javad Gholampour 876 0.08 — Mohammad Nakhaei 836 0.08 — Gholamhossein Tofighi 710 0.07 1,062,044 100 |- |colspan=14|lower-alpha |- |colspan=14|Source: https://www.iran-archive.com/sites/default/files/sanad/enghelabe-eslami-0042.pdf Election Results Enghelab-e-Eslami 9 August 1979 42 3 References Iran politics Category:1979 elections in Iran Category:History of Khorasan