1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Lorestan province

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

Lorestan 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
Location of the constituency within Iran

The result was a landslide victory for the Islamic Republican Party whose candidates received more than 90% of the votes. The candidate of the right-wing nationalist Nation Party of Iran was placed third.

Results

1979 Constitutional Convention election: Lorestan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IRP	Hassan Taheri Khorramabadi	238,205	94.40
	IRP	Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani	233,920	92.70
	NPI	Khosrow Khosravi	6,405	2.54
	—	Issa Farrokhpour	6,227	2.47
	—	Mohammad-Bagher Abbasi	2,182	0.86
	—	Hassan Nazemi	1,502	0.60
	MPRP	Air-Hossein Tajbakhsh	508	0.20
Total votes			252,339	100
Source: "Election Results" (PDF), Enghelab-e-Eslami, no. 42, p. 3, 9 August 1979