1937 Afghan parliamentary election

none Afghanistan All 111 seats in the House of the People 1930 parliamentary 1934 Afghan parliamentary election 1934 1940 Afghan parliamentary election 1940 1937 Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan in the spring of 1937.Constitutional development in Afghanistan Nighat Mehroze Chishti 1998 75–76 Electoral system The bicameral parliament consisted of a 111-member House of the People, whose members were elected for three-year terms, and a House of the Notables, whose members were appointed by the king.Nohlen Dieter https://books.google.com/books?id=BVFBXa69tWMC Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume I: Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia Grotz Florian Hartmann Christof 2001 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-153041-8 503–507 en Of the 111 seats in the House of the People, Kabul elected 26, Kandahar 16, Eastern Province 15, Qataghan and Badakshan 14, Herat 12, Mazar 11, Southern Province 9, Maimana 5 and Farah 3.Central Asia: Issue 27 1990 95 Suffrage was granted to men aged over 20, while candidates were required to be literate and aged 25–70. Civil servants were not able to stand for election.General election for Afghanistan The Times 17 February 1934 In order to vote, voters were required to travel to provincial cities where a public discussion would take place on the candidates. The electoral law required candidates to be elected by "general consent", or if there was a lack of consensus, by plurality vote. Results 21 of the incumbent members were re-elected, including five who had been members of the 1931–1934 House of the People. Aslam Khan was elected in the Mohmands area. However, although his election was confirmed by the Governor of Eastern Province, the Prime Minister disapproved of his membership of the House of the People and the governor was instructed to overturn the result.Central Asia 42 1978 Aftermath Abdul Ahad Wardak was appointed speaker of the House of the People. References Category:Elections in Afghanistan Afghanistan Parliamentary Category:National Assembly (Afghanistan) Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results