1967 Iranian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 4 August 1967.[1] The result was a victory for the New Iran Party, which won 180 of the 219 seats in the Majlis. Voter turnout was around 35%.[2]

1967 Iranian parliament election
4 August 1967
All 219 seats in the Majlis
30 seats in the Senate of Iran
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Asadollah Alam Mohsen Pezeshkpour
Party New Iran Party People's Party Pan-Iranist Party
Majlis seats 180 31 5
Seat change 40 15 5
Senate seats 26 4 0
Prime Minister before election

Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
New Iran Party

 Elected Prime Minister

Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
New Iran Party

Simultaneous elections were also held for a Constitutional Assembly in order for amendments to be made to the constitution to designate a regent, as well as an election for Senate.[2]

Results

Majlis
Party Votes % Seats +/–
New Iran Party180+40
People's Party31+15
Pan-Iranist Party5+5
Independents3–41
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total 219+19
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate
Party Votes % Seats
New Iran Party26
People's Party4
Pan-Iranist Party0
Independents0
Appointed seatsN/AN/A30
Invalid/blank votes––
Total 60
Source: IPU

Constitutional Assembly
Party Votes % Seats
New Iran Party232
People's Party30
Pan-Iranist Party5
Independents6
Invalid/blank votes––
Total 273
Source: IPU
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References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p68 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. 1967 IPU
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