Iranian constitutional referendum, 1989

Iranian constitutional referendum, 1989
Results
Votes %
Yes 16,025,459 97.57%
No 398,867 2.43%
Valid votes 16,424,326 99.97%
Invalid or blank votes 4,650 0.03%
Total votes 16,428,976 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 30,139,598 54.51%
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A constitutional referendum was held in Iran on 28 July 1989, alongside presidential elections. Approved by 97.6% of voters,[1] It was the first and so far only time the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been amended. It made several changes to articles 5, 107, 109, 111, and added article 176. It eliminated the need for the Supreme Leader (rahbar) of the country to be a marja or chosen by popular acclaim,[2] it eliminated the post of prime minister, and it created a Supreme National Security Council.

Background

On 24 April 1989 while on his deathbed, Ayatollah Khomeini appointed a 25-man Constitutional Reform Council (also known as the Assembly for Revising the Constitution). The council named Ali Khamenei as Khomeini's successor as Supreme Leader of Iran and drew up several amendments to the original constitution. Since the senior mujtahid or Marja of Iran had given only lukewarm support to Khomeini's principle of rule by Islamic jurist, and Khamenei was not a marja, the original prerequisite that the rahbar (leader) be "a paramount faqih" (i.e. one of these marja) was dropped from the constitution.[3]

Some changes to the constitution introduced by the Reform Council include:

The amendments were approved by Iranian voters and became law on 28 July 1989.[4]

Members of the council

This is a list of members of Constitutional Amendment Council of Iran, appointed by Ayatollah Khomeini, who reviewed and amended the Constitution of Iran in 1989:

Results

Choice Votes %
For16,025,45997.6
Against398,8672.4
Invalid/blank votes32,445–
Total16,456,771100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p72 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ↑ Moin, Baqer, Khomeini, (2001), p.293
  3. ↑ Abrahamian, History of Modern Iran, (2008), p.182
  4. ↑ Iran - Constitution

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