1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Zanjan Province

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Zanjan election

3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)

2 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
 
Alliance Coalition of Islamic Parties Quintuple Coalition Septuple Coalition
Seats won
2 / 2
0 / 2
0 / 2

On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Zanjan Province (encompassing today's Qazvin Province) with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide two seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution.

The result was a victory for the two candidates supported by the Islamic Republican Party while the candidate of the Combatant Clergy Association was placed third. Members of other parties such as the Muslim People's Republic Party, the Nation Party of Iran and JAMA (the latter endorsed by the Quintuple Coalition) were defeated and the only communist who ran in the constituency received the fewest votes cast.

Results[edit]

1979 Constitutional Convention election: Zanjan Province
Party Candidate Votes %
IRP Hadi Barikbin[a] 206,932 54.90
IRP Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani[a] 204,461 54.24
CCA Seyyed Abbas Aboutorabi 123,836 32.85
MPRP Mohammad-Esmail Saeini 25,764 6.84
NPI Nasser Takmil Homayoun 19,647 5.21
JAMA Hadi Motameni[b] 12,179 3.23
Shoja Ebrahim-Tavani 1,784 0.47
OSEWC Ebrahim Nazari[c] 747 0.20
Total votes 376,922 100
  1. ^ a b Also supported by the Combatant Clergy Association.
  2. ^ Supported by the Quintuple Coalition.
  3. ^ Supported by the Septuple Coalition.
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 42, p. 3, 9 August 1979

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