1996 Iraqi parliamentary election

none Iraq 1991 parliamentary 1989 Iraqi parliamentary election 1989 2000 Iraqi parliamentary election 2000 All 250 seats in the National Assembly 126 24 March 1996 Saddam Hussein in 1998.png Saddam Hussein Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region National Progressive Front (Iraq) 207 161 46 Prime Minister Saddam Hussein Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region Saddam Hussein Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 24 March 1996.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 0-19-924958-X The elections were contested by 689 candidates,Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union although 30 MPs were appointed to represent Iraqi Kurdistan.Nohlen et al., p101 The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 161 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be 93.5%. All candidates "had been approved beforehand by a committee chaired by the Justice Minister". Results Ba'ath Party 161 –46 Kurdistan Democratic Party 3 New Kurdistan Revolutionary Party 2 New Communist Party of Iraq 1 New Independents 83 +40 0 7480000 8000000 IPU References Parliamentary Iraq Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Iraq Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results