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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 20 October 1984. [1] The elections were contested by 782 candidates, [2] and saw the Ba'ath Party win 183 of the 250 seats. [3]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Ba'ath Party | 183 | –4 | |||
| Independents and bloc parties | 67 | +4 | |||
| Total | 250 | 0 | |||
| Total votes | 7,171,000 | – | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
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