1958 Iraqi parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 5 May 1958 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies of Iraq.[1] It was the last election in monarchical Iraq. Most political parties had been dissolved in 1954. The main opposition coalition, the National Union Front, decided to boycott the elections. Candidates supportive of the government won 140 of the 145 seats, whilst independent candidates won the remaining five.[2] The new parliament lasted two months only. On 14 July the monarchical government was overthrown in a military coup, and another election the same year would institute Abd al-Karim Qasim as president of the new Iraqi Republic.

1958 Iraqi parliamentary election
5 May 1958
All 145 seats to the Chamber of Deputies of Iraq, 73 seats were needed for a majority
  First party
 
Leader Nuri as-Said
Party Pro-government
Last election 94
Seats won 140
Seat change 46
Prime Minister before election

Nuri al-Said resigned after the election to become prime minister of the Arab Federation
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 Elected Prime Minister

Ahmad Mukhtar Baban
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References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p101
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