1980 Iranian legislative election

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1980 Iranian legislative election
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All 270 seats to the
National Consultative Assembly
136 seats are needed for a majority
Registered20,758,391[1]
Turnout52.14%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mohammad Beheshti Abolhassan Banisadr Mehdi Bazargan
Party
Parties
—
—
Alliance Grand Coalition President Office Eponym Group
Leader's seat Did not Stand Did not Stand
Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Seats won 85 33 20
Percentage 31.48% 12.12% 7.40%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Karim Sanjabi Massoud Rajavi Noureddin Kianouri
Party
Parties
People's Mujahedin
 Tudeh Party
Alliance National Front Progressive Revolutionary Candidates
—
Leader's seat Kermanshah (withdrew)
Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
(defeated)
Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
(defeated)
Seats won 4[a] 0 0
Percentage 1.48% 0% 0%
National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1980 election
Composition of the Assembly following the election
Head of government before election

Abolhassan Banisadr (Temporarily, as First Secretary of the Council of the Islamic Revolution)
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Islamic Republican Party

Parliamentary elections were held in

Majlis since the overthrow of the Shah, and were contested to a considerable degree on a party basis.[5]

It resulted in a victory for the Islamic Republican Party, which won 85 of the 270 seats, whilst its allies won a further 45.[4] The party, joined by smaller Islamist groups in the Grand coalition was a highly organized force and put up candidates in most constituencies and dominated the campaigns, especially in the provinces.[6]

President Abolhassan Banisadr and his followers, presented dozens of candidates in Tehran and provinces under the list Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President.[6]

The Freedom Movement of Iran which failed to organize effectively, fielded at most only 40 candidates under the banner of Eponym Group[6] and won about 20 seats.[5]

Among National Front candidates, four won the election but their credentials was rejected on the grounds such as being "landlord" or "American agent" and they were not allowed to take their seat. Its leader Karim Sanjabi withdrew in the run-off because of the alleged "irregularities".[2][3]

Under the name Progressive Revolutionary Candidates list,

Tehran but was defeated in the run-offs.[7]

Tehran receiving only some 100,000 votes. The party was unable to persuade other left-wing groups to unite.[9]

Electoral system

The

Zoroastrians, Armenians from the north and south of the country and one jointly elected by Assyrians and Chaldeans.[10]

As there was no electoral law at the time of the elections, they were held in accordance with a proposal from the Ministry of the Interior and approved by the

Sistan and Balochistan Province.[10]

Results

See also:
Iranian legislative election, 1980 (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)

137 of the elected MPs were clerics.[11]

Ettela'at newspaper (1980)
Fraction % Seats
Independents 42.59% 115
Grand Coalition 31.48% 85
Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President 12.12% 33
Eponym Group 7.40% 20
Total 100% 270
Source: Ettela'at[12]
Thapar (1980)
Camp Total seats
Islamic Republican Party 130
Supporters of Banisadr (claimed) 74
Independents, Centrists and Seculars 38
Vacant 28
Total 242
Source: R. S. Thapar[13]
Abrahamian (1989)
Fraction Seats
Islamic Republican Party 120
Pro-Banisadr 33
Independents 33
Freedom Movement 20
National Front 5
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan 2
Total 216
Source: Abrahamian[14]
Nohlen et al (2001)
Party Votes % Seats
Islamic Republican Party 85
Islamic Republican Party allies 45
Independents 140
Invalid/blank votes – –
Total 10,874,470 100 270
Registered voters/turnout 21,749,000 50.00 –
Source: Nohlen et al[4]

References

  1. ^ Ahmad Madani (Kerman), Khosrow Qashqai (Shiraz), Ali Ardalan (Tuiserkan) and Abolfazl Qassemi (Dargaz). Credentials of all were rejected. National Front member Ahmad Salamatian (Isfahan) ran under the banner of President Office.[2][3]
  1. ^ a b "1980 Parliamentary Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, archived from the original on 30 May 2012, retrieved 10 August 2015
  2. ^
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  3. ^
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  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-924958-9
  5. ^ a b Bakhash, Shaul (13 December 2011) [December 15, 1998]. "ELECTIONS ii. UNDER THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC, 1979-92". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. 4. Vol. VIII. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 345–355. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
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  7. ISBN 9781850430773
  8. SAIS Review
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  9. ISBN 9781136833700
  10. ^ a b c Iran IPU
  11. ^ James W Heslep The Decline of Clerics in the Iranian Majles Archived 12 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "مرکز اسناد انقلاب اسلامی - انتخابات اولین دوره مجلس شورای اسلامی". Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  13. doi:10.1080/09700168009421604
  14. ISBN 9781850430773
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