Iraqi parliamentary election, 1958

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 5 May 1958.^[1] Most political parties had been dissolved in 1954, but candidates supportive of the government won 140 of the 145 seats, whilst independent candidates won the remaining five.^[2]

On 14 July the government was overthrown in a military coup.

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

Elections and referendums in Iraq

Parliamentary elections	1924 1925 1928 1930 1933 1934 1935 1937 (Feb) 1937 (Dec) 1939 1943 1947 1948 1953 1954 (Jun) 1954 (Sep) 1958 1980 1984 1989 1996 2000 2005 (Jan) 2005 (Dec) 2010 2014

Presidential elections	1995 2002

Governorate elections	2005 2009 2013 2014

Referendums	1921 2005

See also: Elections and referendums in Iraqi Kurdistan

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