1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Hamedan Province

Hamedan election

3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)
2 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
Location of the constituency within Iran
Contesting coalitions
Alliance Coalition of Islamic Parties Quintuple Coalition Seats won 2 / 2 0 / 2
Defeated lsts
Muslim People's Republican Party Quintuple Coalition Movement of Militant Muslims

On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Hamedan Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide two seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution.

The constituency was a scene of rivalry between candidates of different Islamic groups and no communist or secular nationalist ran for a seat. The result was a landslide victory for the two candidates supported by both the Islamic Republican Party and the Combatant Clergy Association. Members of other parties such as the Muslim People's Republic Party, the Movement of Militant Muslims and JAMA (the latter endorsed by the Quintuple Coalition) were defeated.

Result

1979 Constitutional Convention election: Hamedan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IRP	Asadollah Madani	339,570	94.23
	IRP	Kazem Akrami	282,091	78.28
	MMM	Ezzatollah Radmanesh	30,642	8.50
	MPRP	Mohammad Mirshahvalad	30,082	8.35
	JAMA	Yahya Naziri	8,583	2.38
	MPRP	Farrokh Daftari	637	0.18
	—	Kaveh	264	0.07
Total votes			360,360	100
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 39, p. 7, 7 August 1979