1953 Iraqi parliamentary election

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17 January 1953

June 1954 →

All 135 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
68 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Nuri as-Said	Taha al-Hashimi
Party	CUP	UPF
Last election	–	–
Seats won	67	11
Seat change	New	New

Prime Minister before election

Nureddin Mahmud
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Jamil al-Midfai
Independent

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 17 January 1953 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies. The result was a victory for the Constitutional Union Party, which won 67 of the 135 seats. Only 57 seats were contested.

Results


Party		Seats	+/–
	Constitutional Union Party	67	New
	United Popular Front	11	New
	Socialist Nation Party	8	New
	Iraqi Independence Party	1	−4
	Independents	48	−82
Total		135	–3

Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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

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See also: Elections and referendums in Iraqi Kurdistan

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