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1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Fars province

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Fars election
3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)
All 4 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
Location of the constituency within Iran
Defeated lsts

On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Fars province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide four seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution.

All seats went to Khomeinist candidates, who were affiliated with the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and the Combatant Clergy Association. The clerical candidates supported by the Muslim People's Republic Party and laymen listed by the Quintuple Coalition were all defeated. Lay candidates fielded by the Islamic Republican Party, including a woman, were also defeated.

Results

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1979 Constitutional Convention election: Fars province
Party Candidate Votes %
IRP Abdolhossein Dastgheib[a][b][c][d][e] 545,349 88.65
Seminary Teachers Naser Makarem Shirazi[b][c][f][g] 518,149 84.23
CCA Abdolrahim Rabbani[h][c] 403,508 65.59
CCA Monireddin Hosseini Hashemi[c] 294,711 47.91
MPRP Majdeddin Mahallati[i][e] 186,575 30.33
MPRP Hossein Ayatollahi[i] 119,662 19.45
IRP Rajabali Taheri[b][j] 96,141 15.63
PMOI Mohammad-Javad Baraei[k] 39,466 6.42
Seminary Teachers Ahmad Beheshti 33,612 5.46
JAMA Mohsen Mahlouji[k] 26,074 4.24
IRP Gohar Dastgheib 23,347 3.80
JAMA Morteza Kasraeian[k] 18,452 3.00
RO Iraj Kashkouli 5,455 0.89
Total votes 615,196 100
  1. ^ Supported by the Freedom Movement of Iran
  2. ^ a b c Supported by the Organization of the Defenders of Monotheism (sāzmān-e modāfeʾān-e toḥīd)
  3. ^ a b c d Supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar)
  4. ^ Supported by the Organization of Holy Warriors in the Path of Truth (sāzmān-e mojāhedān-e rāḥ-e ḥaq)
  5. ^ a b Supported by the Muslim Students of Shiraz University
  6. ^ Supported by the Combatant Clergy Association
  7. ^ Supported by the Islamic Republican Party
  8. ^ Supported by the Movement of Muslim Women (neḥzat-e zanān-e mosalmān)
  9. ^ a b Supported by the Nation Party of Iran
  10. ^ Supported by the Movement of Militant Muslims
  11. ^ a b c Supported by the Quintuple Coalition
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 40, p. 3, 7 August 1979[permanent dead link]

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