1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Fars province

Fars election

3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)

Location of the constituency within Iran

Defeated lsts

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

1979 Constitutional Convention election: Fars province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IRP	Abdolhossein Dastgheib	545,349	88.65
	Seminary Teachers	Naser Makarem Shirazi	518,149	84.23
	CCA	Abdolrahim Rabbani	403,508	65.59
	CCA	Monireddin Hosseini Hashemi	294,711	47.91

	MPRP	Majdeddin Mahallati	186,575	30.33
	MPRP	Hossein Ayatollahi	119,662	19.45
	IRP	Rajabali Taheri	96,141	15.63
	PMOI	Mohammad-Javad Baraei	39,466	6.42
	Seminary Teachers	Ahmad Beheshti	33,612	5.46
	JAMA	Mohsen Mahlouji	26,074	4.24
	IRP	Gohar Dastgheib	23,347	3.80
	JAMA	Morteza Kasraeian	18,452	3.00
	RO	Iraj Kashkouli	5,455	0.89
Total votes			615,196	100
Supported by the Freedom Movement of Iran ^ Supported by the Organization of the Defenders of Monotheism (sāzmān-e modāfeʾān-e toḥīd) ^ Supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar) Supported by the Organization of Holy Warriors in the Path of Truth (sāzmān-e mojāhedān-e rāḥ-e ḥaq) ^ Supported by the Muslim Students of Shiraz University Supported by the Combatant Clergy Association Supported by the Islamic Republican Party Supported by the Movement of Muslim Women (neḥzat-e zanān-e mosalmān) ^ Supported by the Nation Party of Iran Supported by the Movement of Militant Muslims ^ Supported by the Quintuple Coalition
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 40, p. 3, 7 August 1979

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Electoral blocs	Great Islamic Coalition Quintuple Coalition Septuple Coalition Grand National Alliance
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