1979 Constitutional Assembly Election

The election for the Assembly of Experts for the Constitution was held on 3–4 August 1979, six months after the Iranian Revolution. Voters chose 73 members to draft the new constitution. Of 428 registered candidates, the Islamic Republican Party and Khomeini-aligned clerics won approximately 55 seats. Turnout was 51.7% (10.8 million of 20.9 million eligible voters). The Freedom Movement of Iran and secular nationalists won a small minority of seats. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, leader of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, won over 80% of the vote in West Azerbaijan but his credentials were rejected on Khomeini's orders.