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1961 Iranian legislative election

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Iranian legislative election, 1961
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All 200 seats to the National Consultative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manouchehr Eghbal Asadollah Alam
Party Party of Nationalists People's Party
Seats won 75 65
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 29
Prime Minister before election

Jafar Sharif-Emami
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Ali Amini
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran in 1961, after the elections the previous year had been annulled by the Shah.[1] The result was a victory for the Party of Nationalists, which won 75 of the 200 seats.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Party of Nationalists 75 +4
People's Party 65 +29
Independents 32 +12
Other parties 28 +19
Invalid/blank votes – – –
Total 200 +64
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p68 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p73
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