Iranian legislative election, 1971

Iranian legislative election, 1971

9 July 1971

All 268 seats in the Majlis 30 seats in the Senate   First party Second party   Leader Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Asadollah Alam Party New Iran Party People's Party Majlis seats 230 37 Seat change 50 6 Senate seats 28 2 Seat change 2 2

Prime Minister before election Amir-Abbas Hoveyda New Iran Party Elected Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda New Iran Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 9 July 1971.^[1] The result was a victory for the New Iran Party, which won 230 of the 268 seats in the Majlis and 28 of the 30 elected seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was around 35%.^[2] The elections were boycotted by the Pan-Iranist Party, which complained that the government held a monopoly over campaign broadcasts on state radio and television, and also claimed that its newspaper had been censored.^[2]

Following the elections, Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda formed a new government on 13 September.^[2]

Results

Majlis

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	New Iran Party			230	+50
	People's Party			37	+6
	Independents			1	–2
Invalid/blank votes			–	–	–
Total				268	+49
Source: IPU

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	New Iran Party			28	+2
	People's Party			2	–2
	Independents			0	0
	Appointed seats	–	–	30	0
Invalid/blank votes			–	–	–
Total				60	0
Source: IPU

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p68 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
2. 1971 IPU