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1943 Afghan parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan in 1943.
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 18, Eastern Province 15, Qataghan and Badakshan 14, Mazar 11, Herat 10, Southern Province 9, Maimana 4 and Farah 3.Constitutional development in Afghanistan Nighat Mehroze Chishti 1998 77–78
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.
Aftermath
The newly elected House was opened by the King on 23 July.
References
Category:Elections in Afghanistan
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Category:National Assembly (Afghanistan)
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