# 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Tehran province

On 3 August 1979, Constitutional Convention election was held in Tehran Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide ten seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
It resulted in a landslide victory or the Coalition of Islamic Parties, which all of its candidates won with a wide margin. Unlike other constituencies, the coalition's list of candidates was not dominated by the Khomeinists in the Islamic Republican Party and included four of their moderate rivals. Mahmoud Taleghani, the popular cleric who was endorsed by groups in a wide range of political spectrum, was ranked first and gained almost 80% of votes. Other coalitions including the Quintuple Coalition and the Grand National Alliance were defeated and none of their candidates, exempting those shared with the Islamic coalition, performed well. The former's top exclusive candidates, Asghar Sayyed Javadi and Massoud Rajavi, received no better than 12% of all votes cast.
No secular group was successful and all of candidates affiliated with such parties were defeated. Communist parties like the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, the Tudeh Party of Iran, the Socialist Workers' Party of Iran and the Laborers' Party of Iran, as well as those of the nationalists such as the Nation Party of Iran, the National Front and the Radical Movement of Iran, all did poor.

## Results

| # | Candidate | Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | % |
| 1 | | Mahmoud Taleghani | Freedom Movement of Iran | 2,016,801 | 79.86 |
| 2 | | Abolhassan Banisadr | Independent | 1,763,126 | 69.82 |
| 3 | | Hossein-Ali Montazeri | Society of Seminary Teachers | 1,672,980 | 66.25 |
| 4 | | Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri | Independent | 1,560,970 | 61.81 |
| 5 | | Mohammad Beheshti | Islamic Republican Party | 1,547,550 | 61.28 |
| 6 | | Ezzatollah Sahabi | Freedom Movement of Iran | 1,449,713 | 57.41 |
| 7 | | Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili | Islamic Republican Party | 1,389,846 | 55.04 |
| 8 | | Abbas Sheibani | Islamic Republican Party | 1,387,813 | 54.95 |
| 9 | | Monireh Gorji | Islamic Republican Party | 1,313,731 | 52.02 |
| 10 | | Ali-Mohammad Arab | Islamic Republican Party | 1,305,136 | 51.68 |
| 11 | | Asghar Sayyed Javadi | The Movement for Freedom | 298,360 | 11.81 |
| 12 | | Massoud Rajavi | People's Mujahedin Organization | 297,707 | 11.79 |
| 13 | | Fakhreddin Hejazi | Islamic Republican Party | 189,016 | 7.48 |
| 14 | | Abdolkarim Lahiji | Independent | 179,798 | 7.12 |
| 15 | | Habibollah Peyman | Movement of Militant Muslims | 164,644 | 6.52 |
| 16 | | Mohammad Mofatteh | Combatant Clergy Association | 153,575 | 6.08 |
| 17 | | Azam Taleghani | Women of Islamic Revolution | 132,430 | 5.24 |
| 18 | | Sadegh Khalkhali | Combatant Clergy Association | 122,217 | 4.84 |
| 19 | | Roghayeh Daneshgari | People's Fedai Guerrillas | 115,334 | 4.57 |
| 20 | | Yahya Nasiri | Combatant Clergy Association | 111,279 | 4.41 |
| 21 | | Naser Katouzian | The Movement for Freedom | 110,859 | 4.39 |
| 22 | | Tahereh Saffarzadeh | Movement of Militant Muslims | 101,778 | 4.03 |
| 23 | | Mostafa Madani | People's Fedai Guerrillas | 100,894 | 4.00 |
| 24 | | Heshmatollah Raisi | People's Fedai Guerrillas | 90,641 | 3.59 |
| 25 | | Zahra Rahnavard | Independent | 77,932 | 3.09 |
| 26 | | Hassan Tavanayanfard | Independent | 75,352 | 2.98 |
| 27 | | Mehdi Hajghazi-Tehrani | Vanguard Workers | 56,085 | 2.22 |
| 28 | | Morteza Aladpoush | Peykar | 49,979 | 1.98 |
| 29 | | Ehsan Tabari | Tudeh Party | 47,225 | 1.87 |
| 30 | | Hasan Nazih | Freedom Movement of Iran | 44,765 | 1.77 |
| 31 | | Nezameddin Ghahari | JAMA | 36,791 | 1.46 |
| 32 | | Noureddin Kianouri | Tudeh Party | 32,627 | 1.29 |
| 33 | | Mohammad-Ali Amouyi | Tudeh Party | 25,792 | 1.02 |
| 34 | | Maryam Farmanfarmaian | Tudeh Party | 25,792 | 1.02 |
| 35 | | Asef Razmdideh | Tudeh Party | 20,942 | 0.83 |
| 36 | | Hassan Habibi | Freedom Movement of Iran | 17,819 | 0.71 |
| 37 | | Abdolhamid Iravani | Combatant Clergy Association | 17,819 | 0.71 |
| 38 | | Babak Zahraie | Socialist Workers' Party | 16,446 | 0.65 |
| 39 | | Saber Mohammadzadeh | Tudeh Party | 16,150 | 0.64 |
| 40 | | Abbas Hajari-Bajestani | Tudeh Party | 15,942 | 0.63 |
| 41 | | Lotfollah Meisami | People's Mujahedin Movement | 11,274 | 0.45 |
| 42 | | Mahmoud Enayat | Muslim People's Republic Party | 10,645 | 0.42 |
| 43 | | Parvaneh Forouhar | Nation Party | 8,110 | 0.32 |
| 44 | | Hossein Ansarian | Combatant Clergy Association | 6,748 | 0.27 |
| 45 | | Alireza Jahandar | Independent | 4,785 | 0.19 |
| 46 | | Mahmoud Rezaei-Hanjeni | Hojjatieh | 4,173 | 0.17 |
| 47 | | Ali Sadeghi | The Revolutionary Organization | 3,473 | 0.14 |
| 48 | | Noor-Ali Tabandeh | Independent | 3,343 | 0.13 |
| 49 | | Behrouz Boroumand | Nation Party | 2,840 | 0.11 |
| 50 | | Majid Zarbakhsh | The Revolutionary Organization | 2,719 | 0.11 |
| 51 | | Farideh Garman | The Revolutionary Organization | 2,685 | 0.11 |
| 52 | | Gholam-Ali Maloul | Independent | 2,568 | 0.10 |
| 53 | | Asghar Ghaem-Maghami | Independent (ex-Military) | 2,519 | 0.10 |
| 54 | | Esmail Khoi | Independent | 2,500 | 0.10 |
| 55 | | Sedigheh Nabavi | Socialist Workers' Party | 1,974 | 0.08 |
| 56 | | Simin Movahed | Socialist Workers' Party | 1,705 | 0.07 |
| 57 | | Mostafa Rahnama | Independent | 1,629 | 0.06 |
| 58 | | Gholam-Ali Hassas | Independent | 1,509 | 0.06 |
| 59 | | Manouchehr Masoudi | Nation Party | 1,482 | 0.06 |
| 60 | | Nosratollah Amini | National Front | 1,407 | 0.06 |
| 61 | | Esmail Fazelpour | Nation Party | 1,356 | 0.05 |
| 62 | | Rahim Abedi | Radical Movement | 1,305 | 0.05 |
| 63 | | Ebrahim Karimabadi | National Front | 1,175 | 0.05 |
| 64 | | Hossein Lankarani | Independent | 1,113 | 0.04 |
| 65 | | Khosrow Seif | Nation Party | 1,042 | 0.04 |
| 66 | | Hadi Soudbakhsh | The Revolutionary Organization | 990 | 0.04 |
| 67 | | Mohammad-Reza Jafari | Un­known | 954 | 0.04 |
| 68 | | Jalal Ghanizadeh | National Front | 590 | 0.02 |
| 69 | | Abolghasem Rafiee | Un­known | 580 | 0.02 |
| 70 | | Naser Rangraz | Un­known | 574 | 0.02 |
| 71 | | Ebadollah Mahmoudian | Socialist Workers' Party | 567 | 0.02 |
| 72 | | Hojabr Khosravi-Azarbaijani | Socialist Workers' Party | 555 | 0.02 |
| 73 | | Sadegh Taghavi | Independent | 507 | 0.02 |
| 74 | | Mohammad-Reza Amir-Aslani | Socialist Workers' Party | 496 | 0.02 |
| 75 | | Ali Sadri | Nation Party | 487 | 0.02 |
| 76 | | Ramezan Haj-Esmaili | Un­known | 466 | 0.02 |
| 77 | | Abbas Abbasi | Un­known | 447 | 0.02 |
| 78 | | Mohammad-Reza Sadeghi | Un­known | 416 | 0.02 |
| 79 | | Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi | Un­known | 392 | 0.02 |
| 80 | | Seyyed Ahmad Taghavizadeh | Independent | 349 | 0.01 |
| 81 | | Naser Fatemi | Un­known | 301 | 0.01 |
| 82 | | Mohammad-Kaveh Touyserkani | Un­known | 286 | 0.01 |
| 83 | | Ali Esmaili | Un­known | 262 | 0.01 |
| 84 | | Ahmad Fardid | Independent | 201 | 0.01 |
| 85 | | Mohammad-Hassan Shaqaqi | Un­known | 195 | 0.01 |
| 86 | | Gholamreza Mortazavi | Radical Movement | 176 | 0.01 |
| 87 | | Mahmoud Javidan | Independent | 152 | 0.01 |
| 88 | | Shahrokh Vakhshouri | Republican Party | 138 | 0.01 |
| 89 | | Jalal Mofid | Un­known | 136 | 0.01 |
| 90 | | Taghi Davoudi-Makkinejad | Radical Movement | 131 | 0.01 |
| 90 | | Khalil Haghighat | Jamiat Edalat | 131 | 0.01 |
| 92 | | Naser Yamin Mardux-Kordestani | Independent | 112 | 0.00 |
| 93 | | Ahmad Haritash | Independent | 111 | 0.00 |
| 94 | | Ehsanollah Afshari | Independent | 110 | 0.00 |
| 95 | | Gholamreza Teiranian | Independent | 108 | 0.00 |
| 96 | | Naser Engheta | Independent | 102 | 0.00 |
| 96 | | Ahmad Shahab | Fada'iyan-e Islam | 102 | 0.00 |
| 98 | | Ziaedin Khajekarimedini | Independent | 99 | 0.00 |
| 99 | | Seyyed Yousef Hashemi | Un­known | 75 | 0.00 |
| 100 | | Habibollah Zolghadr | Independent | 68 | 0.00 |
| 100 | | Hormoz Bahmanpour | Un­known | 68 | 0.00 |
| 102 | | Hossein Afshar-Moghadam | Un­known | 66 | 0.00 |
| 102 | | Ali-Akbar Ajili | Mojahedan-e Rah-e Haq | 66 | 0.00 |
| 104 | | Jalil Hoghoughi | Un­known | 54 | 0.00 |
| 104 | | Hadi Khatami | Combatant Clergy Association | 54 | 0.00 |
| 106 | | Mostafa Jomhouri | Un­known | 44 | 0.00 |
| 107 | | Farrokh Shaban | Un­known | 36 | 0.00 |
| 108 | | Seyyed Hadi Parnia | Un­known | 21 | 0.00 |
| 109 | | Abbas-Ali Mazloumi Jahromi | Un­known | 19 | 0.00 |
| Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 2,525,381 | 100 |
| Legend:  Islamic modernists  Islamists  Communists  Secular nationalists ||||||
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### By County

Karaj County :
| # | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | | Mahmoud Taleghani | 208,034 | 99.23 |
| 2 | | Abolhassan Banisadr | 185,657 | 88.56 |
| 3 | | Hossein-Ali Montazeri | 180,753 | 86.22 |
| 4 | | Mohammad Beheshti | 168,937 | 80.58 |
| 5 | | Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri | 165,503 | 78.95 |
| 6 | | Ezzatollah Sahabi | 159,468 | 76.07 |
| 7 | | Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili | 153,456 | 73.20 |
| 8 | | Abbas Sheibani | 150,106 | 71.60 |
| 9 | | Ali-Mohammad Arab | 139,133 | 66.37 |
| 10 | | Monireh Gorji | 138,325 | 65.98 |
| 11 | | Sadegh Khalkhali | 23,634 | 11.27 |
| 12 | | Asghar Sayyed Javadi | 19,345 | 9.23 |
| 13 | | Massoud Rajavi | 18,704 | 8.92 |
| 14 | | Azam Taleghani | 15,149 | 7.23 |
| 15 | | Habibollah Peyman | 14,043 | 6.70 |
| 16 | | Fakhreddin Hejazi | 12,520 | 5.97 |
| 17 | | Abdolkarim Lahiji | 8,575 | 4.09 |
| 18 | | Hassan Tavanayanfard | 8,275 | 3.95 |
| 19 | | Yahya Nasiri | 6,245 | 2.98 |
| 20 | | Zahra Rahnavard | 5,745 | 2.74 |
| 21 | | Naser Katouzian | 5,725 | 2.73 |
| 22 | | Tahereh Saffarzadeh | 5,445 | 2.60 |
| 23 | | Mohammad Mofatteh | 5,314 | 2.53 |
| 24 | | Roghayeh Daneshgari | 4,683 | 2.23 |
| 25 | | Mostafa Madani | 3,846 | 1.83 |
| Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 209,642 | 100 |
Varamin County :
| # | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | | Mahmoud Taleghani | 63,295 | 98.29 |
| 2 | | Hossein-Ali Montazeri | 60,524 | 93.99 |
| 3 | | Abolhassan Banisadr | 59,401 | 92.24 |
| 4 | | Mohammad Beheshti | 58,647 | 91.07 |
| 5 | | Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili | 57,663 | 89.55 |
| 6 | | Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri | 57,567 | 89.40 |
| 7 | | Abbas Sheibani | 56,312 | 87.45 |
| 8 | | Ali-Mohammad Arab | 55,071 | 85.52 |
| 9 | | Monireh Gorji | 53,154 | 82.54 |
| 10 | | Ezzatollah Sahabi | 31,610 | 49.09 |
| 11 | | Mohammad Mofatteh | 23,438 | 36.40 |
| 12 | | Fakhreddin Hejazi | 3,101 | 4.82 |
| 13 | | Yahya Nasiri | 1,846 | 2.87 |
| 14 | | Azam Taleghani | 1,736 | 2.70 |
| 15 | | Zahra Rahnavard | 1,734 | 2.69 |
| 16 | | Asghar Sayyed Javadi | 1,690 | 2.62 |
| 17 | | Sadegh Khalkhali | 1,644 | 2.55 |
| 18 | | Habibollah Peyman | 1,534 | 2.38 |
| 19 | | Massoud Rajavi | 1,505 | 2.34 |
| 20 | | Hassan Tavanayanfard | 816 | 1.27 |
| 21 | | Naser Katouzian | 553 | 0.86 |
| 21 | | Abdolkarim Lahiji | 553 | 0.86 |
| 23 | | Tahereh Saffarzadeh | 309 | 0.48 |
| 24 | | Hassan Nazih | 267 | 0.41 |
| 25 | | Roghayeh Daneshgari | 254 | 0.39 |
| Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 64,395 | 100 |
Damavand County and Firuzkuh District :
| # | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | | Mahmoud Taleghani | 35,569 | 98.92 |
| 2 | | Abolhassan Banisadr | 33,652 | 93.59 |
| 3 | | Hossein-Ali Montazeri | 33,118 | 92.10 |
| 4 | | Ezzatollah Sahabi | 32,795 | 91.21 |
| 5 | | Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri | 32,437 | 90.21 |
| 6 | | Mohammad Beheshti | 32,152 | 89.42 |
| 7 | | Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili | 31,050 | 86.35 |
| 8 | | Abbas Sheibani | 30,857 | 85.82 |
| 9 | | Ali-Mohammad Arab | 30,152 | 83.86 |
| 10 | | Monireh Gorji | 29,951 | 83.30 |
| 11 | | Massoud Rajavi | 2,230 | 6.20 |
| 12 | | Asghar Sayyed Javadi | 1,939 | 5.39 |
| 13 | | Habibollah Peyman | 1,660 | 4.62 |
| 14 | | Abdolkarim Lahiji | 1,215 | 3.38 |
| 15 | | Yahya Nasiri | 1,193 | 3.32 |
| 16 | | Mostafa Madani | 890 | 2.48 |
| 17 | | Naser Katouzian | 837 | 2.33 |
| 18 | | Roghayeh Daneshgari | 795 | 2.21 |
| 19 | | Mohammad Mofatteh | 739 | 2.06 |
| 20 | | Tahereh Saffarzadeh | 727 | 2.02 |
| 21 | | Heshmatollah Raisi | 692 | 1.92 |
| 22 | | Azam Taleghani | 655 | 1.82 |
| 23 | | Zahra Rahnavard | 625 | 1.74 |
| 24 | | Fakhreddin Hejazi | 548 | 1.52 |
| 25 | | Ehsan Tabari | 373 | 1.04 |
| Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 35,957 | 100 |