1953 Iraqi parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 17 January 1953 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies of Iraq.[1] The result was a victory for the Constitutional Union Party, which won 67 of the 135 seats. Only 57 seats were contested.[2]
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Results
| Party | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Constitutional Union Party | Nuri as-Said | 67 | New | |||
| United Popular Front | Taha al-Hashimi | 11 | New | |||
| Socialist Nation Party | Sayyid Salih Jabr | 8 | New | |||
| Istiqlal Party | Muhammad Mahdi Kubba | 1 | −4 | |||
| Independents | 48 | −82 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | |||
| Total | 135 | –3 | ||||
| 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., p101
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