1947 Iranian legislative election

none 1947 Iranian legislative election Iran State flag of Iran (1933–1964).svg parliamentary no Iranian legislative election, 1943–1944 1943–1944 Iranian legislative election, 1950 1950 All 136 seats to the National Consultative Assembly 31 December 1946fa:گاهنامه پنجاه سال شاهنشاهی پهلوی Chronology of the fifty-year Pahlavi Kingship http://fis-iran.org/en/content/chronology-fifty-year-pahlavi-kingship-0 1986 Soheil Press Paris 1 408 Persian/January 1947/Summer 1947 Ahmad-qavam.jpg Ahmad Qavam Democrat Party — Did not stand CE361F 73Jalal Matini Jalal Matini نگاهی به کارنامه سیاسی دکتر محمد مصدق Persian A Glance at the Political Career of Dr. Mohammad Mosaddeq 2009 Ketab Co. Los Angeles, CA 978-1595842268 179 New Dr Mohammad Mosaddeq (cropped).jpg Mohammad Mosaddegh — OppositionMohammad Mosaddegh, though not a member of the parliament, led the main opposition. National Front was established in 1949 and hence was not present in the election. Most opposition members were Iran Party former members who split to Iran Unity Party after its alliance with Tudeh Party and Azerbaijani Democratic Party. Ran in Tehran (lost) 25Yaacov Ro'i From Encroachment to Involvement: A Documentary Study of Soviet Policy in the Middle East, 1945–1973 1974 Transaction Publishers 1412824117 44 New White Reza Radmanesh.jpg Reza Radmanesh font-weight:normal;text-align:center; Parties Tudeh Party Iran Party Socialist Party Jungle Party Democrat Party of Kurdistan Democrat Party of Azerbaijan United Front of Progressive Parties Ran in Lahijan and Langeroud (lost) 2 6 850808 Independent CDCDCD 36 Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam Democrat Party Ahmad Qavam Democrat Party Parliament 1947.svg Parliamentary elections were held in Iran in 1947. The newly elected parliament was opened on 17 July.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p67 0-19-924958-X The election was a three-way power struggle between Ahmad Qavam, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and pro-Britain conservative politicians.240 Prime Minister Qavam's control over electoral machinery was in many districts challenged by "Imperial Iranian Army officers, independent local magnates and pro-British provincial governors".Abrahamian Ervand 1982 Iran Between Two Revolutions 0-691-10134-5 Princeton Book Company Publishers qh_QotrY7RkC 240−243 yes240–241 A public protest by shopkeepers, bazaaris and university students and headed by Mohammad Mosaddegh among other politicians was held to call for a free elections, however, despite Qavam's promise to hold a free election, it was "rigged" and his Democrat Party of Iran won the majority, including all 12 seats in Tehran.240–241 Fraction members FractionSeatsLeader(s)Democrats80Mohammad-Reza Hekmat (conservative wing)Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (intellectual right-wing)National Unionists35Ezatollah Bayat, Ardalan and Matin-Daftari Bayat was the son of Abasgholi Bayat, Saham ol-Molk, a former finance minister. Both Bayat and Matin-Daftari were additionally the sons-in law of Mossadegh.National Caucus (pro-British)25Madani and TaheriSource: Abrahamian242 Notes References Further reading Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics (Hardcover) (Publisher: Gainesville: University Press of Florida, ©1996.) 978-0-8130-1461-6 Iran Legislative Category:Electoral fraud in Iran Category:National Consultative Assembly elections Category:Mohammad Mosaddegh