Iraqi parliamentary election, 1948

Iraqi parliamentary election, 1948
Kingdom of Iraq
15 June 1948

All 138 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
51 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader   Muhammad Mahdi Kubba
Party Independent Independence
Seats won 130 5

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Kamel al-Chaderji Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
Party National Democratic Liberal
Seats won 2 1

Prime Minister before election

Muhammad as-Sadr
Independent

Subsequent Prime Minister

Muzahim al-Pachachi
Independent

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 15 June 1948.[1] The majority of seats were won by independents.

Results

Party Leader Votes % Seats +/–
Istiqlal PartyMuhammad Mahdi Kubba 5
National Democratic PartyKamel al-Chaderji 2
Liberal PartyTawfiq al-Suwaidi 1
Independents 130
Invalid/blank votes
Total 100138
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
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