Parliamentary elections were held in

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in 1961, after the elections the previous year had been annulled by the Shah. The result was a victory for the Party of Nationalists, which won majority of the seats. National Front candidates had been forcibly prevented from campaigning, such as Boroumand in

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. Among opposition, only

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was able to win a seat in his native

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Results

Zonis (1971) and Mehrdad (1980)

Chehabi (1990)

Nohlen ''et al.'' (2001)

References

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