1996 Iraqi parliamentary election

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1996 Iraqi parliamentary election
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  1989 24 March 1996 2000  

All 250 seats in the National Assembly
126 seats needed for a majority
 First party
  Saddam Hussein in 1996.png
Leader Saddam Hussein
Party Ba'ath Party
Alliance NPF
Last election207
Seats won161
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 elections were 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]

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

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Ba'ath Party 161–46
Kurdistan Democratic Party 3New
Kurdistan Revolutionary Party 2New
Communist Party of Iraq 1New
Independents83+40
Total2500
Total votes7,480,000
Registered voters/turnout8,000,00093.50
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