1996 Iraqi parliamentary election

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24 March 1996

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All 250 seats in the National Assembly
126 seats needed for a majority

	First party

Leader	Saddam Hussein
Party	Ba'ath Party
Alliance	NPF
Last election	207
Seats won	161
Seat change	46

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 24 March 1996. The elections were contested by 689 candidates, although 30 MPs were appointed to represent Iraqi Kurdistan. 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%.

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

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Ba'ath Party			161	–46
	Kurdistan Democratic Party			3	New
	Kurdistan Revolutionary Party			2	New
	Communist Party of Iraq			1	New
	Independents			83	+40
Total				250	0

Total votes		7,480,000	–
Registered voters/turnout		8,000,000	93.50
Source: IPU

References

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

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