The 1979 Assembly of Experts for the Drafting of the Constitution Election

Assembly of Experts for the Drafting of the 1979 Constitution

Date of Election August 3, 1979 www.irdc.ir
Number of Eligible Voters 20,857,391 www.irdc.ir
Number of Those Who Voted 10,784,932 www.irdc.ir
Voter Turnout Rate 51.71%
Number of Precincts 24 www.moi.ir
Number of Candidates Needed 73 www.irdc.ir
Number of Candidates Registered to Run 428 www.irdc.ir
Number of Candidates Allowed to Run 428
Percentage of Candidates Allowed to Run No one was formally disqualified from running, but the credentials of Abdolrahman Qasemlou elected from West Azerbaijan were rejected.

Note:

The Assembly of Experts Ratifying the Constitution was disbanded after the final draft of the constitution had been put to a referendum on 2 December 1979.

Sources:

Iranian Ministry of Interior (www.moi.ir)

Markaz-e Asnad-e Enghelab Eslami (www.irdc.ir)

Members Elected

Note:

The Assembly of Experts Ratifying the 1979 Constitution consisted of 73 members, 55 of whom were mojtaheds (Shiite clerics). This list comprises more individuals as it includes replacements, i. e. those elected in midterm elections due to the death or resignation of an original member.

Members of Assembly Ratifying the Constitution (1979)

Last Name

First Name

Afrugh (Eshraqi)

Ja’far

Akrami

Seyyedkazem

Ala’i-ye Talaqani

Seyyedmahmud

Angaji

Seyyedmohammadali

Anvari

Mirzamohammad

Arab

Alimohammad

Ayat

Seyyedhasan

Azodi

Hasan

Bahonar

Mohammadjavad

Banisadr

Seyyedabolhasan

Barikbin

Hadi

Bayt-e Oshonagugtappeh

Sergon

Beheshti

Seyyedmohammad

Besharat

Mohammadtaqi

Daneshrad (Kiyai)

Aziz

Dastgheyb

Seyyedabdolhoseyn

Falsafi-ye Tonekaboni

Mirzaali

Farsi

Jalaleddin

Fatehi

Javad

Fowzi

Mohammad

Golzadeh-ye Ghafuri

Ali

Gorji [Fard]

Monireh

Ha’eri-ye Yazdi

Morteza

Hajitarkhani (Tehrani)

Mirzajavad

Hasheminezhad

Seyyedhabib [Abdolkarim]

Heydari

Abdorrahman

Hojjati-ye Kermani

Mohammadjavad

Hoseyni-alhashemi

Seyyedmonireddin

Hoseyni-ye Khameneh’i

Seyyedmohammad

Javadi-e Amoli (Va’ez-e Javadi)

Abdollah

Karami

Mohammad

Karimi [Divkolahi]

Seyyedja’far

Khademi (Majlesi-ye Khademi)

Seyyedhoseyn

Khalatian

Hara’i

Khaz’ali

Abolqasem

Kiyavash [Alavitbar]

Seyyedmohammad

Madani [Dehkharqani]

Seyyedasadollah

Makarem-e Shirazi

Naser

Meshkini [Feyz-Ani]

Aliakbar

Mirmorad-e Zahi

Hamidollah

Mollazadeh

Abdolaziz (Molavi Abdolaziz)

Montazeri [Najafabadi]

Hoseynali

Moqaddam-e Maragheh’i

Rahmatollah

Moqaddasi-ye Shirazi

Abolhasan

Musavi-ye Ardebili

Seyyedabdolkarim

Musavi-ye Jazayeri

Seyyedmohammadali

Musavi-ye Qohdirjani

Seyyedmusa

Musavi-ye Tabrizi [Seyyedreyhani]

Seyyedabolfazl

Musavi-ye Zanjani

Seyyedesma’il

Nabavi

Seyyedmohammadhasan

Nurbakhsh [Tadayyun-e Nurbaksh]

Seyyedahmad

Parvaresh

Seyyedaliakbar

Qaemi-ye Amiri

Ali

Qorashi

Seyyedaliakbar [Miraliakbar]

Rabbani-ye Amlashi [Rabbani-ye Rankuhi]

Mohammadmehdi

Rabbani-ye Shirazi

Abdorrahim

Rahmani

Hoseynali

Rashidian

Mohammad

Ruhani

Mahmud

Saduqi

Mohammad

Safi [Golpayegani]

Lotfollah

Sahabi

Ezzatollah

Shahzadi

Rostam

Sheybani

Abbas

Sobhani [Eqbal-e Sobhani]

Ja’far

Tabataba’i [Soltani]

Seyyedmohammadbaqer

Taheri-ye Esfahani [Hoseynabadi]

Seyyedjalal[oddin]

Taheri-ye Gorgani

Seyyedhabibollah

Taheri-ye Khorramabadi

Seyyedhasan

Tehrani [Khani-Arangeh] (Sheikh Ali Tehrani)

Alimorad

Yazdi

Mohammad

Ziya’iniya

Seyyedabdollah