Iraqi parliamentary election, 1996

Iraqi parliamentary election, 1996

March 24, 1996

All 250 seats to the National Assembly of Iraq 126 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Saddam Hussein Masoud Barzani Party Ba'ath Party KDP Last election 207 0 Seats won 161 3 Seat change 46 3

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 election was 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Ba'ath Party			161	–46
	Independents and bloc parties			83	+40
	Kurdistan Democratic Party			3	New
	Kurdistan Revolutionary Party			2	New
	Iraqi Communist Party			1	New
Invalid/blank votes			–	–	–
Total		7,480,000		250	0
Source: IPU

References

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