1925 Iraqi parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Iraq parliamentary 1922–1924 Iraqi Constituent Assembly election 1922–1924 1928 Iraqi parliamentary election 1928 All 88 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 45 8 June 1925 no Abdel Muhsin Al-Sa'dun (3x4 cropped).jpg Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun Progress Party 50 60 10 Yasin Hashimi, 1927.jpg Yasin al-Hashimi People's Party 23 28 5 Prime Minister Subsequent PM Yasin al-Hashimi People's Party Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun Progress Party Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq in 1925, the first under the 1925 constitution.Al-Hassany Abdul Razzaq History of Iraqi Governments, Vol 2 1953 Baghdad After the elections, Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun became Prime Minister for the second time and founded the Progress Party to support the government and gain a parliamentary majority. Aftermath King Faisal I wanted to remove Al-Saadoun from his office after he tried to reduce the king's powers; Faisal succeeded in persuading the majority of the Chamber of Deputies to vote for Rashid Ali al-Gaylani for speaker, rather than the candidate nominated by the Al-Saadoun government, resulting in Al-Saadoun's resignation. Faisal was also concerned that Al-Saadoun had too many allies in the British government and had the trust of the British High Commissioner,Al-Wardi Ali Social Aspects of Iraq's Modern History, Vol 6 1976 Al-Warraq for Publishing Baghdad 2nd so he made his two loyal men, Nuri al-Said and Jafar al-Askari, join the Progress Party and sabotage it.Al-Hasnawi Qusay Has the Progress Party ended with Sadoun's death? http://www.almadasupplements.com/news.php?action=view&id=10533#sthash.niN0zsYg.1gZUhzAB.dpbs https://web.archive.org/web/20161013211942/http://www.almadasupplements.com/news.php?action=view&id=10533#sthash.niN0zsYg.1gZUhzAB.dpbs dead October 13, 2016 Al-Mada Further reading Faraj, Lutfi Jaafar. (1988). عبد المحسن السعدون: دوره في تاريخ العراق السياسي المعاصر. Baghdad: Al-Yaqatha Al-Arabiya Press. INLA 185609 (in Arabic) Mohammed, Alaa Jasim. (1990). الملك فيصل الاول: حياته ودوره السياسي في الثورة العربية وسورية والعراق 1888–1933. Baghdad: Al-Yaqatha Al-Arabiya Press. INLA 227541 (in Arabic) References Iraq Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Iraq