1960 Iranian general election

none 1960 Iranian legislative election State flag of Iran (1933–1964).svg Iran legislative no 1956 Iranian legislative election 1956 1961 Iranian legislative election 1961 All 200 seats to the National Consultative Assembly 30 JulyELECTIONS i. UNDER THE QAJAR AND PAHLAVI MONARCHIES, 1906-79 Encyclopædia Iranica December 13, 2011 December 15, 1998 Bibliotheca Persica Press New York City http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/elections VIII Azimi Fakhreddin Yarshater Ehsan Ehsan Yarshater March 15, 2016 4 345–355 / 3Chronology June 16, 1960–September 15, 1960 Middle East Journal Autumn 1960 14 4 439 4323289–20 August 1960Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen Florian Grotz Christof Hartmann 2001 Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook Iran I 68 0-19-924958-X 130px Manouchehr Eghbal Party of Nationalists 104 4169E1 130px Asadollah Alam People's Party 25≈50 FE8002 104px Mozzafar Baghai Toilers Party — no 128px Allahyar Saleh font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:center; Parties Iran Party Nation Party League of Socialists Party of the Iranian People National Front no Prime Minister Manouchehr Eghbal Party of Nationalists Jafar Sharif-Emami Independent National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1960 election Composition of the Assembly following the election. Members not belonging to the Party of Nationalists or People's Party are shown in gray. Parliamentary elections were held in Iran between 30 July and 20 August 1960. In order to demonstrate the appearance of a democratic free election, the Shah allowed candidates from the popular National Front to compete,Kristen Blake The U.S.-Soviet Confrontation in Iran, 1945-1962: A Case in the Annals of the Cold War University Press of America 143 2009 978-0761844921 however it returned no seats for them.Donald Newton Wilber Iran, Past and Present: From Monarchy to Islamic Republic Princeton University Press 233 2014 978-1400857470 The announced result was a massive victory for the Prime Minister Eghbal's Party of Nationalists. The elections "were extensively and clumsily rigged" and the fraud "was exposed in the press, provoked public rancor and restlessness".Houchang E. Chehabi Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini I.B.Tauris 144–146 1990 1850431981 After many postponements, balloting finally began in the provinces on July 26, and by August 12, when the last results came in, the prime minister's Melliyun party had obtained 104 seats, and the "opposition" Mardom party won about 25. But two provincial towns had not voted: Kashan, where the IP's leader Allahyar Saleh was running, and Kerman, where Mozaffar Baqa'i was a candidate. Aside from the opposition figures, pseudo-opposition People's Party and a number of independents led by Ali Amini denounced the elections. The results were annulled by the Shah, and fresh elections were held the following year. Results Zonis (1971) and Mehrdad (1980) PartySeatsParty of Nationalists104People's Party50Independents3Source: ZonisMarvin Zonis Political Elite of Iran Princeton University Press 71 1971 9781400868803 For as the election campaigns wore on, the party candidates took their roles seriously and began unbridled attacks on their opposite numbers. When the election results were announced, then, they were greeted with an uproar of dismay. As if the heated campaign had not been held, the shah-sponsored Prime Minister Eghbal's Melliyun party won 104 seats in the Majles, The Mardom party led by Asadollah Alam captured fifty seats and the independents but three seats and MehrdadMehrdad Hormoz 148645507 1980 Political orientations and the style of intergroup leadership interactions: the case of Iranian political parties PhD Ohio State University osu1487090992443849 278 Chehabi (1990) PartySeatsParty of Nationalists104People's Party25Source: Chehabi See also List of annulled elections References Category:1960 elections in Asia Category:1960 elections in Iran Category:Electoral fraud in Iran Category:Annulled elections Category:Iranian Senate elections Category:National Consultative Assembly elections Category:Lower house elections in Iran Category:July 1960 in Asia Category:August 1960 in Asia