1975 Iranian general election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 20 June 1975. All 268 seats were won by the new monarchist party, the Rastakhiz Party.[1] Voter turnout was 48.6%.[2]
Campaign
Around 750 candidates contested the elections, of which 80% were standing for the first time.[3] All candidates had to adhere to three basic principles: "faith in Iran's constitution, loyalty to the monarchical regime, and fidelity to the 'white revolution'." Mainly the rules were to follow a set of non-exploitation laws.
However, the Rastakhiz Party, like others before it, lacked a popular base.[4] Even though the candidates adhered to the philosophy of the rule by the monarchy, there were sometimes three or four candidates for the same seats as the party slated several candidates for the seats.[5] However, Communists were banned from running for office.[6]
Electoral system
Members of the Majlis were elected using the multiple non-transferable vote system. Tehran was allocated twenty-seven seats, Tabriz nine, Shiraz seven, Isfahan five and Ahwaz, Abadan, Babol, Rasht, Rezaieh, Karaj, and Kermanshah three. Of the remaining seats, twenty-five were allocated in two-member districts, and 139 in single-member districts.[7]
Results
Majlis
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Rastakhiz Party/meta/color;"| | Rastakhiz Party | 100 | 268 | New | |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 6,805,651 | 100 | 268 | 0 | |
| Source: Nohlen et al., IPU | |||||
Senate
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Rastakhiz Party/meta/color;"| | Rastakhiz Party | 100 | 30 | New | |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Appointed seats | – | – | 30 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 60 | 0 | |||
| Source: IPU | |||||
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p74 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ Nohlen et al., p69
- ^ 1975 IPU
- ^ Iran - Political parties Nations Encyclopedia
- ^ Janda, Kenneth (1980). Political Political Parties: A Cross-National Survey. The Free Press. pp. 861–862. ISBN 978-0-02-916120-3
- ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1989). Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin. I.B.Tauris. p.25. ISBN 978-1-85043-077-3
- ^ Mohammadi-Nejad, Hassan (1977). "The Iranian Parliamentary Elections of 1975". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 8: 103–116 – via JSTOR.
Further reading
- Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics (Hardcover) (Publisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1996.) ISBN 978-0-8130-1461-6
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