1967 Iranian general election

1967 Iranian general election

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All 219 seats in the Majlis
30 out of 60 seats in the Senate of Iran
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Asadollah Alam Mohsen Pezeshkpour
Party Iran Novin People's Pan-Iranist Party
Majlis seats 180 31 5
Seat change 40 15 5
Senate seats 26 4 0

Composition of the Senate of Iran following the election. Royally appointed seats are shown in gray.

Composition of the Assembly of Iran following the election

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 4 August 1967. The result was a victory for the Iran Novin Party, which won 180 of the 219 seats in the Majlis. Voter turnout was around 35%.

Simultaneous elections were also held for a Constitutional Assembly in order for amendments to be made to the constitution to designate a regent, as well as an election for Senate.

Results

Majlis

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Iran Novin Party 180 +40
People's Party 31 +15
Pan-Iranist Party 5 +5
Independents 3 –41
Invalid/blank votes
Total 219 +19
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate

Party Votes % Seats
Iran Novin Party 26
People's Party 4
Pan-Iranist Party 0
Independents 0
Appointed seats 30
Invalid/blank votes
Total 60
Source: IPU

Constitutional Assembly

Party Votes % Seats
Iran Novin Party 232
People's Party 30
Pan-Iranist Party 5
Independents 6
Invalid/blank votes
Total 273
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. ^ a b 1967 IPU