1971 Iranian general election

none State flag of Iran 1964-1980.svg Iran parliamentary 1967 Iranian general election 1967 1975 Iranian general election 1975 All 268 seats in the National Consultative Assembly30 out of 60 seats in the Senate 9 July 1971 Majlis votes Majlis seats Seat change Senate votes Senate seats Seat change Amir Abbas Hoveida.jpg Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Iran Novin Party 230 50 28 2 Assadollah Alam.jpg Asadollah Alam People's Party (Iran) 37 6 2 2 FE8002 Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda New Iran Party Amir-Abbas Hoveyda New Iran Party Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 9 July 1971.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p68 0-19-924958-X The result was a victory for the New Iran Party, which won 230 of the 268 seats in the Majlis and 28 of the 30 elected seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was around 35%.1971 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185656/http://www.sssup.it/UploadDocs/4530_11_Elections_1971_IPU_07.pdf 2013-10-29 IPU The elections were boycotted by the Pan-Iranist Party, which complained that the government held a monopoly over campaign broadcasts on state radio and television, and also claimed that its newspaper had been censored. Its offshoot, Iranians' Party, won a seat by its secretary-general.Iran Almanac and Book of Facts Echo of Iran 1974 124 Iranian Party Following the elections, Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda formed a new government on 13 September. The elections were "rigged and far from a legitimate process".Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan 2013 Evolving Iran: An Introduction to Politics and Problems in the Islamic Republic Georgetown University Press 85–86 9781589019782 Results Majlis File:National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1971 election.svg Iran Novin Party 230 +50 People's Party 37 +6 Independents 1 –2 +49 IPU Senate File:Senate of Iran following the 1971 election.svg Iran Novin Party 28 +2 People's Party 2 –2 Independents 0 0 Appointed seats 30 0 0 IPU See also 1974 Shahsavar by-election References Iran General Category:Iranian Senate elections Category:National Consultative Assembly elections Category:Lower house elections in Iran Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:July 1971 in Asia