The second
local elections in
Iran
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, and the first to elect the members of
provincial
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Government & Administration
* Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country
* Provincial city (disambiguation)
* Provincial minister (disambiguation)
* Provincial Secretary, a position in Canad ...
and
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
councils (''Anjoman''), were held in September
1970.
960 seats for 150 councils were up for election.
Results
According to Rouhollah K. Ramazani,
New Iran Party gained more than 60% of the votes and 300 out of 960 seats
while Dishon ''et al'' reported the number of seats won by each party as the following:
By Province
References
1970 elections in Iran
1970
Events
January
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September 1970 in Asia
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