Iraqi parliamentary election, 1980

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Iraqi parliamentary election, 1980
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  1958 20 June 1980 1984  

All 250 seats to the National Assembly of Iraq
126 seats were needed for a majority

  First party
  Iraq, Saddam Hussein (222).jpg
Leader Saddam Hussein
Party Ba'ath Party
Seats won 187

Prime Minister before election

Saddam Hussein
Ba'ath Party

Elected Prime Minister

Saddam Hussein
Ba'ath Party

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 20 June 1980, the first since 1958. [1] The election was contested by around 860 candidates, and saw the Ba'ath Party win 187 of the 250 seats. [2] Voter turnout was approximately 80%. [3]

Iraq Republic in Western Asia

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west. The capital, and largest city, is Baghdad. Iraq is home to diverse ethnic groups including Arabs, Kurds, Assyrians, Turkmen, Shabakis, Yazidis, Armenians, Mandeans, Circassians and Kawliya. Around 95% of the country's 37 million citizens are Muslims, with Christianity, Yarsan, Yezidism and Mandeanism also present. The official languages of Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish.

Arab Socialist Baath Party – Iraq Region Baathist regional organisation

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Ba'ath Party 187
Independents and bloc parties63
Invalid/blank votes
Total250
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p101
  3. Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union