Registered 20,857,391 Did not stand Did not stand 6≈8 4≈7 | Turnout 51.71% 55≈58 6≈8 1 0 | |
Constitutional Convention elections were held in Iran on 3 August 1979. The result was a victory for the Islamic Republican Party. 10,784,932 voted in the elections, marking 51.71% turnout. Of all members elected, 68% were clerics.
The new constitution drawn up by the body was approved by the voters in a referendum in December.
Boycott
Several parties including National Front and National Democratic Front boycotted the elections in protest to the new press law, the result of which was to close many newspapers. They also protested the election method, in which the voters should write names of the candidates on the ballot slips. They regarded it questionable, considering the high rate of illiteracy at the time.
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Iranian Constitutional Convention election, 1979 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA