Iraqi parliamentary election, 1953

Iraqi parliamentary election, 1953
Iraq
January 17, 1953

All 135 seats to the National Assembly
68 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nuri as-Said Taha al-Hashimi
Party CUP UPF
Last election New party New party
Seats won 67 11
Seat change Increase67 Increase11

Prime Minister before election

Nureddin Mahmud
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Jamil al-Midfai
Independent

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 17 January 1953.[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 Leader Votes % Seats +/–
Constitutional Union PartyNuri as-Said 67New
United Popular FrontTaha al-Hashimi 11New
Socialist Nation PartySayyid Salih Jabr 8New
Istiqlal PartyMuhammad Mahdi Kubba 1–4
Independents 48–82
Invalid/blank votes
Total 135–3
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p101
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