1963 Iranian general election

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1963 Iranian legislative election
State flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg
  1961 17 September 1963 1967  

All 200 seats to the National Consultative Assembly
 First partySecond party
  Hassan Ali Mansur 2.jpg Assadollah Alam.jpg
Leader Hassan Ali Mansur Asadollah Alam
Party Iran Novin People's
Seats won14016
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 140Decrease2.svg 49

National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1963 election.svg
Composition of the Assembly following the election

Prime Minister before election

Asadollah Alam
People's Party

Elected Prime Minister

Hassan Ali Mansur
New Iran Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 17 September 1963. [1] The result was a victory for the New Iran Party, which won 140 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 91.7%. [1]

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. [2] The National Front had requested Prime Minister Asadollah Alam to hold the elections free, but the request was rebuffed. [3] The elections were "rigged and far from a legitimate process". [4]

Results

People casting their vote 1963 Iranian legislative election.jpg
People casting their vote
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Iran Novin Party 140New
People's Party 16–49
Independents44+12
Invalid/blank votes
Total5,593,8262000
Source: Nohlen et al. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN   0-19-924958-X.
  2. Cottam, Richard W. (1979). Nationalism in Iran: Updated Through 1978. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 309. ISBN   0822974207.
  3. Razavi, Hossein; Vakil, Firouz (2019). The Political Environment Of Economic Planning In Iran, 1971-1983: From Monarchy To Islamic Republic. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   9781000304596.
  4. Rieffer-Flanagan, Barbara Ann (2013). Evolving Iran: An Introduction to Politics and Problems in the Islamic Republic. Georgetown University Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN   9781589019782.