1989 Iraqi parliamentary election

Iraqi parliamentary election, 1989
All 250 seats to the National Assembly of Iraq ; 126 seats were needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Saddam Hussein; Ba'ath Party	Elected Prime Minister ; Saddam Hussein; Ba'ath Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 1 April 1989, having originally been scheduled for 31 August 1988, but postponed due to the Iran–Iraq War.^[1] The election was contested by 921 candidates,^[2] and saw the Ba'ath Party win 207 of the 250 seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	Ba'ath Party			207	+24
	Independents and bloc parties			43	−24
Invalid/blank votes			—	—	—
Total		7,171,000		250	0
Source: IPU

References

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p. 97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
^ Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union

[N-1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p. 97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

[2] Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union

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