Iraqi parliamentary election, 1980

20 June 1980

All 250 seats to the National Assembly of Iraq 126 seats were needed for a majority

	First party

Leader	Saddam Hussein
Party	Ba'ath Party
Seats won	187

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 20 June 1980, the first since 1958.^[1] The election was contested by around 860 candidates, and saw the Ba'ath Party win 187 of the 250 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was approximately 80%.^[3]

Results

Party		%	Seats
	Ba'ath Party		187
	Independents and bloc parties		63
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total			250
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
↑ Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union

Elections and referendums in Iraq

Parliamentary elections	1924 1925 1928 1930 1933 1934 1935 1937 (Feb) 1937 (Dec) 1939 1943 1947 1948 1953 1954 (Jun) 1954 (Sep) 1958 1980 1984 1989 1996 2000 2005 (Jan) 2005 (Dec) 2010 2014

Presidential elections	1995 2002

Governorate elections	2005 2009 2013 2014

Referendums	1921 2005

See also: Elections and referendums in Iraqi Kurdistan

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