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1960 Iranian General Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iran between 30 July and 20 August 1960. In order to demonstrate the appearance of a democratic free election, the Mohammad Reza Shah, Shah allowed candidates from the popular National Front (Iran), National Front to compete, however it returned no seats for them. The announced result was a massive victory for the Prime Minister Manouchehr Eghbal, Eghbal's Party of Nationalists. The elections "were extensively and clumsily rigged" and the Electoral fraud, fraud "was exposed in the press, provoked public rancor and restlessness". Aside from the opposition figures, pseudo-opposition People's Party (Iran), People's Party and a number of independents led by Ali Amini denounced the elections. The results were annulled by the Shah, and 1961 Iranian legislative election, fresh elections were held the following year. Results Zonis (1971) and Mehrdad (1980) Chehabi (1990) See also * List of annulled elections References 1960 elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Iran
The Islamic Consultative Assembly (), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the unicameral national legislative body of Iran. The parliament currently consists of 290 representatives, an increase from the previous 270 seats since the 2000 Iranian legislative election, 18 February 2000 election. History Islamic Republic of Iran Following the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Senate of Iran was abolished and effectively succeeded by the Guardian Council, maintaining the bicameral structure of the Iranian legislature. In the 1989 constitutional revision, the ''National Consultative Assembly'' was renamed the ''Islamic Consultative Assembly''. Since the Iranian Revolution, the Parliament of Iran has been led by six chairmen. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani served as the inaugural chairman from 1980 to 1989. Subsequently, Mehdi Karroubi held the position in two separate terms (1989–1992 and 2000–2004), followed by Ali Akbar Nategh- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
