# 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in East Azerbaijan province

On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in East Azerbaijan Province (also encompassing the present-day Ardabil Province) with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide all six seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution.
The result was a relative victory for the Muslim People's Republic Party (MPRP) over the Islamic Republican Party (IRP). A stronghold of Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari supporters, it was one of the few constituencies where Khomeinist candidates did not end up winning a landslide. Out of the six seats up for the election, four went to those endorsed by the MPRP while the IRP had listed three winners (one candidates was supported by both). Lay candidates supported by groups such as the Freedom Movement of Iran and the Movement of Militant Muslims were defeated. Khomeini published a fatwa banning the People's Mujahedin of Iran from government elections. Secular nationalists and communists could not receive more than 3% of the votes.

## Results

1979 Constitutional Convention election: East Azerbaijan Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | MPRP | Jafar Sobhani | 786,986 | 87.52 |
| | MPRP | Mohammad-Ali Angaji | 580,854 | 64.60 |
| | MPRP | Jafar Eshraghi | 560,793 | 62.37 |
| | MPRP | Rahmatollah Moghaddam Maraghei | 458,733 | 51.02 |
| | IRP | Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi | 446,643 | 49.67 |
| | IRP | Ali Meshkini | 431,262 | 47.96 |
| | MPRP | Ahmad Alizadeh Khoi | 419,601 | 46.66 |
| | MPRP | Abolfath Abolfathi | 372,233 | 41.40 |
| | IRP | Mohammad-Ali Sadat | 261,667 | 29.10 |
| | IRP | Seyyed Mehdi Golabi | 196,738 | 21.88 |
| | IRP | Asghar Neishabouri | 181,474 | 20.18 |
| | — | Mohammad Milani-Hosseini | 124,744 | 13.87 |
| | PMOI | Ahmad Hanifnejad | 76,173 | 8.47 |
| | PMOI | Hossein Khosrowshahi | 27,966 | 3.11 |
| | MMM | Hassan Efekhar-Ardebili | 26,417 | 2.94 |
| | NPI | Mirjavad Mousavi-Khalkhali | 20,915 | 2.33 |
| | — | Saeid Rajaei-Khorasani | 19,504 | 2.17 |
| | OIPGF | Nematollah Mohammadi-Golehini | 17,451 | 1.94 |
| | Tudeh Party | Hossein Joudat | 6,728 | 0.75 |
| | Tudeh Party | Anoushirvan Ebrahimi | 6,204 | 0.69 |
| | NF | Mohsen Firouzmand-Khalkhali | 4,889 | 0.54 |
| | JC | Bagher Mortazavi Khosrowshahi | 2,652 | 0.29 |
| | — | Ali Moghaddam | 1,952 | 0.22 |
| | — | Mohammad-Bagher Sadri | 1,183 | 0.13 |
| | NF | Jalal Ghanizadeh | 1,142 | 0.13 |
| | — | Mashallah Talachian | 1,141 | 0.13 |
| | SWPI | Mahmoud Seirafizadeh | 539 | 0.06 |
| | NF | Manouchehr Malek-Ghassemi | 447 | 0.05 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 899,181 | 100 |
| ↑ Also supported by the Islamic Republican Party 1 2 3 4 5 Also supported by the Radical Movement of Iran ↑ Also supported by the National Front 1 2 Also supported by Besharat Political Group (gorūḥ-e sīāsī-e bešārat). ↑ Also supported by the Movement of Muslim Women (neḥzat-e zanān-e mosalmān). ↑ Also supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar). 1 2 Also supported by the Freedom Movement of Iran 1 2 Also supported by the Movement of Militant Muslims 1 2 Also supported by the Muslim Students of the University of Tabriz 1 2 Supported by the Quintuple Coalition |||||
| Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 42, p. 3, 9 August 1979 |||||