Parliamentary elections were held in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
on 17 September 1963.
The result was a victory for the
New Iran Party, which won 140 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 91.7%.
It was held a few months after the '
White Revolution referendum' and the subsequent
demonstrations in June.
Before the elections, opposition figures such as the
National Front and the
Freedom Movement activists were jailed and no genuine opposition candidates were permitted in the elections. The National Front had requested Prime Minister
Asadollah Alam to hold the elections free, but the request was rebuffed. The elections were "
rigged and far from a legitimate process".
Results
References
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