1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Khuzestan province

Khuzestan election

3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)

Location of the constituency within Iran

Lists that won seats

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Islamic Republican Party	Movement of Militant Muslims
Seats won	3 / 4	3 / 4

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Freedom Movement of Iran	Combatant Clergy Association
Seats won	1 / 4	1 / 4

Defeated lsts

The Islamic Republican Party was able to secure three of the seats (two of whom endorsed by the Movement of Militant Muslims), while the fourth winner was only supported by the Movement of Militant Muslims. They were followed by the defeated candidate who was endorsed by both the Combatant Clergy Association and the Freedom Movement of Iran in fifth place. Several communists who belonged to groups advocating different lines (Maoism, Trotskyism and pro-Soviet) also contested in the election but were all defeated by a wide margin. The two candidates of the right-wing Nation Party of Iran received less than 1% of the votes.

Results

1979 Constitutional Convention election: Khuzestan province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IRP	Mohammad Kiavash	411,647	23.51
	IRP	Mohammad Karami	397,595	22.71
	IRP	Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri	313,118	17.89
	MMM	Mohammad Rashidian	273,489	15.62

	FMI	Ali Shafiei	98,882	5.65
	IRP	Abolghassem Sattarian	64,239	3.67
	CCA	Issa Tarsi	35,604	2.03
	OIPGF	Nasim Khaksar	35,017	2.00
	—	Mehdi Tadayyon	32,398	1.85
	OIPGF	Nasrollah Khaksar	28,137	1.61
	CCA	Mohammad-Kazem Danesh	25,347	1.45
	FMI	Khodamorad Haddadi	13,086	0.75
	—	Rahim Bani-Assad	12,206	0.70
	RO	Abbas Saberi	6,402	0.37
	NPI	Gholam-Hossein Dehdashti	4,626	0.26
	Tudeh Party	Ali-Akbar Mayelzadeh	4,500	0.26
	NPI	Khosrow Panahi	1,911	0.11
	—	Hamid Nezarat	494	0.03
	SWPI	Abdolhamid Shahrabi	418	0.02
Total votes			1,750,663	100
^ Supported by the Movement of Militant Muslims Supported by the Freedom Movement of Iran Supported by the Movement of Muslim Women (neḥzat-e zanān-e mosalmān). ^ Supported by the Combatant Clergy Association ^ Supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar). Supported by academics in Ahvaz.
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 39, p. 7, 7 August 1979

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