1961 Iranian legislative election

1961 Iranian legislative election
← 1960 10 January to 4 February 1961[1] 1963 →
All 200 seats to the National Consultative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manouchehr Eghbal Asadollah Alam
Party Party of Nationalists People's Party
Alliance — —
Seats won 75 65
Seat change Increase29 Increase15
National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1961 election
Composition of the Assembly following the election
Prime Minister before election

Jafar Sharif-Emami
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Ali Amini
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran in 1961, after the elections the previous year had been annulled by the Shah.[2] The result was a victory for the Party of Nationalists, which won a plurality of the seats.[2]

National Front candidates had been forcibly prevented from campaigning, such as Boroumand in Isfahan.[3] Among opposition, only Allahyar Saleh was able to win a seat in his native Kashan.[4]

  1. ^ "Chronology December 16, 1960–March 15, 1961". Middle East Journal. 15 (2): 187. Spring 1961. JSTOR 4323348.
  2. ^ a b Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. pp. 68, 73. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
  3. ^ Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 152. ISBN 1850431981.
  4. ^ Maziar, Behrooz (2000). Rebels With A Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran. I.B.Tauris. p. 171. ISBN 1860646301.