1967 Iranian general election

1967 Iranian general election
← 1963 4 August 1967 1971 →
All 219 seats in the Majlis
30 out of 60 seats in the Senate of Iran
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Asadollah Alam Mohsen Pezeshkpour
Party Iran Novin People's Pan-Iranist Party
Majlis seats 180 31 5
Seat change Increase 40 Increase 15 Increase 5
Senate seats 26 4 0
Senate of Iran following the 1967 election
Composition of the Senate of Iran following the election. Royally appointed seats are shown in gray.
National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1967 election
Composition of the Assembly of Iran following the election
Prime Minister before election

Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
New Iran Party

Elected Prime Minister

Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
New Iran Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 4 August 1967.[1] The result was a victory for the Iran Novin Party, which won 180 of the 219 seats in the Majlis. Voter turnout was around 35%.[2]

Simultaneous elections were also held for a Constitutional Assembly in order for amendments to be made to the constitution to designate a regent, as well as an election for Senate.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p68 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ a b 1967 IPU