1958 Iraqi parliamentary election

none Iraq 1924 Parliamentary September 1954 Iraqi parliamentary election September 1954 1980 Iraqi parliamentary election 1980 All 145 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 73 5 May 1958 no A52A2A Nouri Al-Saeed, 1950s.jpg Nuri as-Said Pro-government 94 140 46 Prime Minister Nuri al-Said Ahmad Mukhtar Baban 176px Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 5 May 1958 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 0-19-924958-X 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.Nohlen et al., p101 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 prime minister of the new Iraqi Republic. References Iraq Parliamentary Iraq Category:Parliamentary elections in Iraq Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results