Iraqi parliamentary election, September 1954

September 12, 1954

All 135 seats to the National Assembly 68 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Nuri as-Said	Sayyid Salih Jabr
Party	CUP	SNP
Last election	50	21
Seats won	94	8
Seat change	44	13

Prime Minister before election

Nuri al-Said
CUP

Elected Prime Minister

Nuri al-Said
CUP

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Early parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 12 September 1954,^[1] after the Parliament elected in June was dissolved by the King on 3 August. The Constitutional Union Party remained the largest party, winning 94 of the 135 seats, although only 25 seats were actually contested.^[2]

Results

Party		%	Seats	+/–
	Constitutional Union Party		94	44
	Independents		29	24
	Socialist Nation Party		8	13
	Istiqlal Party		2	2
	United Popular Front		2	1
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total			135	0
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., p102

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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