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1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Kermanshahan province

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Iranian Constitutional Assembly election
Kermanshahan election
3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)
2 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Islamic Republican Party Freedom Movement of Iran
Seats won 1 / 2 1 / 2
Location of the constituency within Iran
Defeated lsts

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

The Islamic Republican Party and the Freedom Movement of Iran had each supported one of the winning candidates. The leader of the National Front who belonged to a local tribe was notably defeated in the constituency.

Results

1979 Constitutional Convention election: Kermanshahan Province
Party Candidate Votes %
IRP Mohammad Yazdi 104,732 46.03
FMI Mousa Mousavi 79,111 34.77
IRP Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani 50,406 22.15
NF Karim Sanjabi 33,013 14.51
FMI Mohammad Abbaszadegan 20,095 8.83
OIPGF Sirous Ma'vaei 15,719 6.90
— Mullah Mohammed Rabii 10,275 4.52
CCA Mohammad-Bagher Hekmatnia 8,593 3.78
— Hassan Khamoushi 7,835 3.44
— Assad Pirouzi 7,610 3.34
CCA Mojtaba Hajiakhound 5,240 2.30
Tudeh Party Reza Shaltouki 4,983 2.19
MPRP Abdolmajid Jalili 4,849 2.13
CCA Morteza Nojoumi 1,616 0.71
WSI Khadijeh Soleimani 574 0.25
NF Ali Ashraf Manouchehr 454 0.20
— Mohammad Malek-Azari 365 0.16
— Mohsen Khorramshahi 252 0.11
Total votes 227,525 100
  1. ^ Supported by the Combatant Clergy Association
  2. ^ Supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar).
  3. Supported by the Organization of Holy Warriors in the Path of Truth (sāzmān-e mojāhedān-e rāḥ-e ḥaq).
  4. Supported by the Guerillas of the Oppressed (čerikhā-ye mostazʾafin).
  5. ^ Supported by the Movement of Militant Muslims
  6. ^ Supported by the Islamic Society of Students of Razi University
  7. ^ Supported by Besharat Political Group (gorūḥ-e sīāsī-e bešārat).
  8. Supported by the Muslim People's Republic Party.
  9. Supported by Sanjabi tribe.
  10. Supported by Sunni community.
  11. Supported by Yarsan community.
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References

Pahlavi dynasty 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election
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