Iranian constitutional referendum, December 1979

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A constitutional referendum was held in Iran on 2 and 3 December 1979. The new Islamic constitution was approved by 99.5% of voters, with a 71.6% turnout.

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	15,680,218	99.5
Against	78,516	0.5
Invalid/blank votes	111	-
Total	15,758,956	100
Source: Nohlen et al.