1961 Iranian legislative election

none State flag of Iran (1933–1964).svg Iran parliamentary 1960 Iranian general election 1960 1963 Iranian legislative election 1963 All 200 seats to the National Consultative Assembly 10 January to 4 February 1961Chronology December 16, 1960–March 15, 1961 Middle East Journal Spring 1961 15 2 187 4323348 130px Manouchehr Eghbal Party of Nationalists 75 — 4169E1 130px Asadollah Alam People's Party 65 — FE8002 Prime Minister Jafar Sharif-Emami Independent Ali Amini Independent 29 15 National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1961 election Composition of the Assembly following the election Parliamentary elections were held in Iran in 1961, after the elections the previous year had been annulled by the Shah.Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen Florian Grotz Christof Hartmann 2001 Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook Oxford University Press Iran I 68, 73 0-19-924958-X The result was a victory for the Party of Nationalists, which won a plurality of the seats. National Front candidates had been forcibly prevented from campaigning, such as Boroumand in Isfahan.Houchang E. Chehabi Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini I.B.Tauris 152 1990 1850431981 Among opposition, only Allahyar Saleh was able to win a seat in his native Kashan.Maziar Behrooz 2000 Rebels With A Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran I.B.Tauris 1860646301 171 Results Zonis (1971) and Mehrdad (1980) PartySeatsParty of Nationalists69People's Party64Iran Party1Independents31Total165Source: ZonisMarvin Zonis Political Elite of Iran Princeton University Press 71 1971 9781400868803 The Melliyun led with sixty-nine seats, the Mardom had sixty-four. But with neither party holding a majority, the votes of the thirty-two independents also elected would be decisive. And among the thirty-two was the name of Allahyar Saleh, the leader of the Iran party, the intellectual wing of the National Front. and MehrdadMehrdad Hormoz 148645507 1980 Political orientations and the style of intergroup leadership interactions: the case of Iranian political parties PhD Ohio State University osu1487090992443849 280 Chehabi (1990) Party% Percentage of seatsParty of Nationalists45People's Party35Independents20Total100Source: ChehabiHouchang E. Chehabi Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini I.B.Tauris 152 1990 1850431981 When the election results were announced, the Melliyun party had obtained about 45 percent, and the Mardom party 35 percent of Majles seats, with the rest going to independents. In Teheran, pro-Amini independents had gained six out of fifteen seats, but Amini himself had not run. Nationalist candidates running individually, like Borumand in Isfahan, had been forcibly prevented from campaigning, with one exception: in Kashan, Saleh ran unopposed and was elected. Nohlen et al. (2001) PartySeatsParty of Nationalists75People's Party65Independents32Others28Total200Source: Nohlen et al. References Iran Legislative Category:National Consultative Assembly elections Category:Lower house elections in Iran Iran Iran