1963 Iranian general election

none 1963 Iranian legislative election State flag of Iran (1933–1964).svg Iran parliamentary no 1961 Iranian legislative election 1961 1967 Iranian legislative election 1967 All 200 seats to the National Consultative Assembly 17 September 1963 Hassan Ali Mansur 2.jpg Hassan Ali Mansur Iran Novin Party 140 140 Assadollah Alam.jpg Asadollah Alam People's Party (Iran) 16 49 Prime Minister Asadollah Alam People's Party Hassan Ali Mansur New Iran Party National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1963 election Composition of the Assembly following the election Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 17 September 1963.Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen Florian Grotz Christof Hartmann 2001 Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook Oxford University Press Iran I 68–69 0-19-924958-X The result was a victory for the New Iran Party, which won 140 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 91.7%. It was held a few months after the 'White Revolution referendum' and the subsequent demonstrations in June. Before the elections, opposition figures such as the National Front and the Freedom Movement activists were jailed and no genuine opposition candidates were permitted in the elections.Richard W. Cottam Nationalism in Iran: Updated Through 1978 1979 309 University of Pittsburgh Press 0822974207 The National Front had requested Prime Minister Asadollah Alam to hold the elections free, but the request was rebuffed.Hossein Razavi Firouz Vakil 2019 The Political Environment Of Economic Planning In Iran, 1971-1983: From Monarchy To Islamic Republic Taylor & Francis 9781000304596 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 thumb|People casting their vote PartyVotes%Seats+/–Iran Novin Party 140NewPeople's Party 16–49Independents 44+12Invalid/blank votes –––Total5,593,826 2000Source: Nohlen et al. References Category:1963 elections in Asia Category:1963 elections in Iran Category:Iranian Senate elections Category:National Consultative Assembly elections Category:Lower house elections in Iran Category:September 1963 in Asia