1953 Iraqi parliamentary election
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Parliamentary electionswere held inIraqon 17 January 1953 to elect the members of theChamber of Deputies.[1]The result was a victory for theConstitutional Union Party,which won 67 of the 135 seats. Only 57 seats were contested.[2]
Results
[edit]| 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: Nohlenet al. | |||
References
[edit]- ^Dieter Nohlen,Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001)Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I,p97ISBN0-19-924958-X
- ^Nohlen et al., p101
