Iranian_constitutional_election_1979_(East_Azerbaijan_Province)

East Azerbaijan election
All 6 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
Defeated lsts
	Freedom Movement of Iran; Quintuple Coalition; Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas; Tudeh Party of Iran; Nation Party of Iran; Socialist Workers' Party of Iran;

1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in East Azerbaijan Province

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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.

Quick Facts All 6 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution, Majority party ...

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.^[1]^[2] Secular nationalists and communists could not receive more than 3% of the votes.

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[3] Also supported by the Islamic Republican Party

[RMI-4] Also supported by the Radical Movement of Iran

[5] Also supported by the National Front

[BPG-6] Also supported by Besharat Political Group (gorūḥ-e sīāsī-e bešārat).

[7] Also supported by the Movement of Muslim Women (neḥzat-e zanān-e mosalmān).

[8] Also supported by Malek Ashtar Monotheistic Organization (sāzmān-e tohīdī-ye mālek-e aštar).

[FMI-9] Also supported by the Freedom Movement of Iran

[MMM-10] Also supported by the Movement of Militant Muslims

[MUT-11] Also supported by the Muslim Students of the University of Tabriz

[QC-12] Supported by the Quintuple Coalition

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Cohen, Ronen (2009). The Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987-1997: Their Survival After the Islamic Revolution and Resistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Sussex Academic Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-1845192709.

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Katzman, Kenneth (2001). "Iran: The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran". In Benliot, Albert V. (ed.). Iran: Outlaw, Outcast, Or Normal Country?. Nova. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-56072-954-9.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MPRP	Jafar Sobhani^{[lower-alpha 1]}	786,986	87.52
	MPRP	Mohammad-Ali Angaji^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 4]}	580,854	64.60
	MPRP	Jafar Eshraghi^{[lower-alpha 2]}	560,793	62.37
	MPRP	Rahmatollah Moghaddam Maraghei^{[lower-alpha 2]}	458,733	51.02
	IRP	Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi	446,643	49.67
	IRP	Ali Meshkini^{[lower-alpha 5]}^{[lower-alpha 6]}	431,262	47.96

	MPRP	Ahmad Alizadeh Khoi^{[lower-alpha 2]}	419,601	46.66
	MPRP	Abolfath Abolfathi^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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^{[lower-alpha 7]}^{[lower-alpha 8]}^{[lower-alpha 9]}	124,744	13.87
	PMOI	Ahmad Hanifnejad^{[lower-alpha 10]}	76,173	8.47
	PMOI	Hossein Khosrowshahi^{[lower-alpha 10]}	27,966	3.11
	MMM	Hassan Efekhar-Ardebili^{[lower-alpha 9]}	26,417	2.94
	NPI	Mirjavad Mousavi-Khalkhali	20,915	2.33
	—	Saeid Rajaei-Khorasani^{[lower-alpha 7]}^{[lower-alpha 8]}	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^{[lower-alpha 4]}	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			899,181	100
Also supported by the Islamic Republican Party Also supported by the Radical Movement of Iran Also supported by the National Front 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). Also supported by the Freedom Movement of Iran Also supported by the Movement of Militant Muslims Also supported by the Muslim Students of the University of Tabriz Supported by the Quintuple Coalition
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 42, p. 3, 9 August 1979

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