1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Tehran province

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 Iran2,016,80179.862Abolhassan BanisadrIndependent1,763,12669.823Hossein-Ali MontazeriSociety of Seminary Teachers1,672,98066.254Ali Golzadeh GhafouriIndependent1,560,97061.815Mohammad BeheshtiIslamic Republican Party1,547,55061.286Ezzatollah SahabiFreedom Movement of Iran1,449,71357.417Abdul-Karim Mousavi ArdebiliIslamic Republican Party1,389,84655.048Abbas SheibaniIslamic Republican Party1,387,81354.959Monireh GorjiIslamic Republican Party1,313,73152.0210Ali-Mohammad ArabIslamic Republican Party1,305,13651.6811Asghar Sayyed JavadiThe Movement for Freedom298,36011.8112Massoud RajaviPeople's Mujahedin Organization297,70711.7913Fakhreddin HejaziIslamic Republican Party189,0167.4814Abdolkarim LahijiIndependent179,7987.1215Habibollah PeymanMovement of Militant Muslims164,6446.5216Mohammad MofattehCombatant Clergy Association153,5756.0817Azam TaleghaniWomen of Islamic Revolution132,4305.2418Sadegh KhalkhaliCombatant Clergy Association122,2174.8419Roghayeh DaneshgariPeople's Fedai Guerrillas115,3344.5720Yahya NasiriCombatant Clergy Association111,2794.4121Naser KatouzianThe Movement for Freedom110,8594.3922Tahereh SaffarzadehMovement of Militant Muslims101,7784.0323Mostafa MadaniPeople's Fedai Guerrillas100,8944.0024Heshmatollah RaisiPeople's Fedai Guerrillas90,6413.5925Zahra RahnavardIndependent77,9323.0926Hassan TavanayanfardIndependent75,3522.9827Mehdi Hajghazi-TehraniVanguard Workers56,0852.2228Morteza AladpoushPeykar49,9791.9829Ehsan TabariTudeh Party47,2251.8730Hasan NazihFreedom Movement of Iran44,7651.7731Nezameddin GhahariJAMA36,7911.4632Noureddin KianouriTudeh Party32,6271.2933Mohammad-Ali AmouyiTudeh Party25,7921.0234Maryam FarmanfarmaianTudeh Party25,7921.0235Asef RazmdidehTudeh Party20,9420.8336Hassan HabibiFreedom Movement of Iran17,8190.7137Abdolhamid IravaniCombatant Clergy Association17,8190.7138Babak ZahraieSocialist Workers' Party16,4460.6539Saber MohammadzadehTudeh Party16,1500.6440Abbas Hajari-BajestaniTudeh Party15,9420.6341Lotfollah MeisamiPeople's Mujahedin Movement11,2740.4542Mahmoud EnayatMuslim People's Republic Party10,6450.4243Parvaneh ForouharNation Party8,1100.3244Hossein AnsarianCombatant Clergy Association6,7480.2745Alireza JahandarIndependent4,7850.1946Mahmoud Rezaei-HanjeniHojjatieh4,1730.1747Ali SadeghiThe Revolutionary Organization3,4730.1448Noor-Ali TabandehIndependent3,3430.1349Behrouz BoroumandNation Party2,8400.1150Majid ZarbakhshThe Revolutionary Organization2,7190.1151Farideh GarmanThe Revolutionary Organization2,6850.1152Gholam-Ali MaloulIndependent2,5680.1053Asghar Ghaem-MaghamiIndependent (ex-Military)2,5190.1054Esmail KhoiIndependent2,5000.1055Sedigheh NabaviSocialist Workers' Party1,9740.0856Simin MovahedSocialist Workers' Party1,7050.0757Mostafa RahnamaIndependent1,6290.0658Gholam-Ali HassasIndependent1,5090.0659Manouchehr MasoudiNation Party1,4820.0660Nosratollah AminiNational Front1,4070.0661Esmail FazelpourNation Party1,3560.0562Rahim AbediRadical Movement1,3050.0563Ebrahim KarimabadiNational Front1,1750.0564Hossein LankaraniIndependent1,1130.0465Khosrow SeifNation Party1,0420.0466Hadi SoudbakhshThe Revolutionary Organization9900.0467Mohammad-Reza Jafari9540.0468Jalal GhanizadehNational Front5900.0269Abolghasem Rafiee5800.0270Naser Rangraz5740.0271Ebadollah MahmoudianSocialist Workers' Party5670.0272Hojabr Khosravi-AzarbaijaniSocialist Workers' Party5550.0273Sadegh TaghaviIndependent5070.0274Mohammad-Reza Amir-AslaniSocialist Workers' Party4960.0275Ali SadriNation Party4870.0276Ramezan Haj-Esmaili4660.0277Abbas Abbasi4470.0278Mohammad-Reza Sadeghi4160.0279Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi3920.0280Seyyed Ahmad TaghavizadehIndependent3490.0181Naser Fatemi3010.0182Mohammad-Kaveh Touyserkani2860.0183Ali Esmaili2620.0184Ahmad FardidIndependent2010.0185Mohammad-Hassan Shaqaqi1950.0186Gholamreza MortazaviRadical Movement1760.0187Mahmoud JavidanIndependent1520.0188Shahrokh VakhshouriRepublican Party1380.0189Jalal Mofid1360.0190Taghi Davoudi-MakkinejadRadical Movement1310.01Khalil HaghighatJamiat Edalat1310.0192Naser Yamin Mardux-KordestaniIndependent1120.0093Ahmad HaritashIndependent1110.0094Ehsanollah AfshariIndependent1100.0095Gholamreza TeiranianIndependent1080.0096Naser EnghetaIndependent1020.00Ahmad ShahabFada'iyan-e Islam1020.0098Ziaedin KhajekarimediniIndependent990.0099Seyyed Yousef Hashemi750.00100Habibollah ZolghadrIndependent680.00Hormoz Bahmanpour680.00102Hossein Afshar-Moghadam660.00Ali-Akbar AjiliMojahedan-e Rah-e Haq660.00104Jalil Hoghoughi540.00Hadi KhatamiCombatant Clergy Association540.00106Mostafa Jomhouri440.00107Farrokh Shaban360.00108Seyyed Hadi Parnia210.00109Abbas-Ali Mazloumi Jahromi190.00Total Votes2,525,381100Legend: Source:Number of votes received by top-18 candidates:

Mentions of the votes received by left-wing candidates:

Full result: Names of the candidates listed by coalitions:

By County

+ Karaj County#CandidateVotes%1 Mahmoud Taleghani208,03499.232Abolhassan Banisadr185,65788.563Hossein-Ali Montazeri180,75386.224Mohammad Beheshti168,93780.585Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri165,50378.956Ezzatollah Sahabi159,46876.077Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili153,45673.208Abbas Sheibani150,10671.609Ali-Mohammad Arab139,13366.3710Monireh Gorji138,32565.9811Sadegh Khalkhali23,63411.2712Asghar Sayyed Javadi19,3459.2313Massoud Rajavi18,7048.9214Azam Taleghani15,1497.2315Habibollah Peyman14,0436.7016Fakhreddin Hejazi12,5205.9717Abdolkarim Lahiji8,5754.0918Hassan Tavanayanfard8,2753.9519Yahya Nasiri6,2452.9820Zahra Rahnavard5,7452.7421Naser Katouzian5,7252.7322Tahereh Saffarzadeh5,4452.6023Mohammad Mofatteh5,3142.5324Roghayeh Daneshgari4,6832.2325Mostafa Madani3,8461.83Total Votes209,642100

+ Varamin County#CandidateVotes%1 Mahmoud Taleghani63,29598.292Hossein-Ali Montazeri60,52493.993Abolhassan Banisadr59,40192.244Mohammad Beheshti58,64791.075Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili57,66389.556Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri57,56789.407Abbas Sheibani56,31287.458Ali-Mohammad Arab55,07185.529Monireh Gorji53,15482.5410Ezzatollah Sahabi31,61049.0911Mohammad Mofatteh23,43836.4012Fakhreddin Hejazi3,1014.8213Yahya Nasiri1,8462.8714Azam Taleghani1,7362.7015Zahra Rahnavard1,7342.6916Asghar Sayyed Javadi1,6902.6217Sadegh Khalkhali1,6442.5518Habibollah Peyman1,5342.3819Massoud Rajavi1,5052.3420Hassan Tavanayanfard8161.2721Naser Katouzian5530.86Abdolkarim Lahiji5530.8623Tahereh Saffarzadeh3090.4824Hassan Nazih2670.4125Roghayeh Daneshgari2540.39Total Votes64,395100

+ Damavand County and Firuzkuh District#CandidateVotes%1 Mahmoud Taleghani35,56998.922Abolhassan Banisadr33,65293.593Hossein-Ali Montazeri33,11892.104Ezzatollah Sahabi32,79591.215Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri32,43790.216Mohammad Beheshti32,15289.427Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili31,05086.358Abbas Sheibani30,85785.829Ali-Mohammad Arab30,15283.8610Monireh Gorji29,95183.3011Massoud Rajavi2,2306.2012Asghar Sayyed Javadi1,9395.3913Habibollah Peyman1,6604.6214Abdolkarim Lahiji1,2153.3815Yahya Nasiri1,1933.3216Mostafa Madani8902.4817Naser Katouzian8372.3318Roghayeh Daneshgari7952.2119Mohammad Mofatteh7392.0620Tahereh Saffarzadeh7272.0221Heshmatollah Raisi6921.9222Azam Taleghani6551.8223Zahra Rahnavard6251.7424Fakhreddin Hejazi5481.5225Ehsan Tabari3731.04Total Votes35,957100

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