Iraqi parliamentary election, 1996

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Iraqi parliamentary election, 1996
Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg
  1989 March 24, 1996 2000  

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
Last election 207
Seats won 161
Seat changeDecrease2.svg46

Prime Minister before election

Saddam Hussein
Ba'ath Party

Elected Prime Minister

Saddam Hussein
Ba'ath Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 24 March 1996. [1] The election was contested by 689 candidates, [2] although 30 MPs were appointed to represent Iraqi Kurdistan. [3] The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 161 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be 93.5%. [2]

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.

Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi part of Kurdistan

Iraqi Kurdistan, officially called the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by the Iraqi constitution, is an autonomous region located in northern Iraq. It is also referred to as Southern Kurdistan, as Kurds generally consider it to be one of the four parts of Greater Kurdistan, which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey, northern Syria, and northwestern Iran.

Arab Socialist Baath Party – Iraq Region Baathist regional organisation

The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region, officially the Iraqi Regional Branch, is an Iraqi Ba'athist political party founded in 1951 by Fuad al-Rikabi. It was the Iraqi regional branch of the original Ba'ath Party before changing its allegiance to the Iraqi-dominated Ba'ath movement following the 1966 split within the original party. The party was officially banned following the American invasion of Iraq, but despite this it still continues to function.

All candidates "had been approved beforehand by a committee chaired by the Justice Minister". [2]

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Ba'ath Party 161–46
Independents and bloc parties83+40
Kurdistan Democratic Party 3New
Kurdistan Revolutionary Party 2New
Communist Party of Iraq 1New
Invalid/blank votes
Total7,480,0002500
Source: IPU

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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. 1 2 3 Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Nohlen et al., p101