1928 Iraqi parliamentary election

1928 Iraqi parliamentary election
← 1925 9 May 1928 1930 →
All 88 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
45 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun Yasin al-Hashimi
Party Progress Party People's Party
Last election 60 28
Seats won 66 22
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 6
PM before election

Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun
Progress Party

Subsequent PM

Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun
Progress Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq in 1928, with the final day of voting on 9 May, to elect the members of Chamber of Deputies.[1] They were the second elections under the 1925 constitution. There were many complaints about the integrity of the elections and the way the government handled them, with some candidates collating evidence of vote manipulation. The opposition Independence Party and Iraqi National Party wrote a letter to the British Prime Minister complaining about the Iraqi government's violation of electoral law, demanding an investigation, and offering to pay for its cost. Nevertheless, the newly elected council convened on 13 May 1928 and elected Abdul-Aziz Al-Qassab, the interior minister in Al-Saadoun government, as Speaker.[1]

  1. ^ a b Al-Hassani, Abdul Razzaq (1953). History of the Iraqi Governments, Vol 2. Sidon: Al-Irfan. pp. 155–174.