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The Party of Nationalists or Nationalists' Party (Persian: حزب ملیون, romanized: Ḥezb-e Melliun) was a conservative political party in Pahlavi era Iran, and government majority party from 1957 to 1960. The party was founded in 1957 by Manouchehr Eghbal on orders directed by Shah to initiate a two-party system. Its opposition was the liberal People's Party.

The party's name was deliberately chosen in a way to confuse the public, because the term Melliun (lit. 'Nationalists') was already in use to refer to members of the opposition National Front and other followers of Mohammad Mossadegh.

Electoral history

Election	Seats	+/−	Ref
1956	71 / 136(52%)	—
1960	104 / 200(52%)	—
1961	75 / 200(38%)	4

References

1. ^ Ansaru, Ali (2014). Modern Iran. Routledge. p. 189. ISBN 978-1317864981.
2. ^ Alamouti, Mostafa; EIr. (April 24, 2012) . "KĀSEMI, NOṢRAT-ALLĀH". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. XV. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 661–663. Archived from the original on October 1, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
3. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, ISBN 0-19-924958-X
4. Cottam, Richard W. (1979). Nationalism in Iran: Updated Through 1978. University of Pittsburgh Pre. p. 297. ISBN 0822974207.
5. Mehrdad, Hormoz (1980). Political orientations and the style of intergroup leadership interactions: the case of Iranian political parties (PDF) (PhD thesis). Ohio State University. p. 312. S2CID 148645507. osu1487090992443849. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
6. Zonis, Marvin (2015). Political Elite of Iran. Princeton University Press. p. 71. ISBN 9781400868803.

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