1953 Iraqi parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 17 January 1953 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies.[1] The result was a victory for the Constitutional Union Party, which won 67 of the 135 seats. Only 57 seats were contested.[2]
Results
Party | Seats | +/– | |
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Constitutional Union Party | 67 | New | |
United Popular Front | 11 | New | |
Socialist Nation Party | 8 | New | |
Iraqi Independence Party | 1 | −4 | |
Independents | 48 | −82 | |
Total | 135 | –3 | |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Nohlen et al., p101