1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Markazi Province

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

Markazi election
3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)
2 Seats to the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution
Alliance Coalition of Islamic Parties
Seats won
2 / 2

Only four candidates, who were all clerics, ran for the two seats. It resulted in a victory for the candidates supported by the Islamic Republican Party and its allies, in absence of their rival parties. Sadegh Khalkhali who also ran for a seat in Tehran Province at the same time (both without support of the Coalition of Islamic Parties), ended up in the third place.

Results
1979 Constitutional Convention election: Markazi Province
Party Candidate Votes %
Seminary Teachers Morteza Haeri Yazdi[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] 392,491 93.17
Seminary Teachers Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] 259,537 61.61
CCA Sadegh Khalkhali 90,680 21.53
— Mohammad Ale Eshaq 60,098 14.27
Total votes 421,248 100
  1. Supported by the Combatant Clergy Association
  2. Supported by the Islamic Republican Party
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Ettela'at, no. 15922, p. 2, 6 August 1979

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