September 1954 Iraqi parliamentary election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 12 September 1954,[1] after the Chamber of Deputies of Iraq elected in June was dissolved by the King on 3 August. The Constitutional Union Party remained the largest party, winning 94 of the 135 seats, although only 25 seats were actually contested.[2]
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Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Constitutional Union Party | 94 | 44 | |||
Independents | 29 | 24 | |||
Socialist Nation Party | 8 | 13 | |||
Istiqlal Party | 2 | 2 | |||
United Popular Front | 2 | 1 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | ||
Total | 135 | 0 | |||
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., p102
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