1996 Iraqi parliamentary election

1996 Iraqi parliamentary election
All 250 seats in the National Assembly ; 126 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Saddam Hussein; Ba'ath Party	Elected Prime Minister ; Saddam Hussein; Ba'ath Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 24 March 1996.^[1] The elections were contested by 689 candidates,^[2] although 30 MPs were appointed to represent Iraqi Kurdistan.^[3] The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 161 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be 93.5%.^[2]

All candidates "had been approved beforehand by a committee chaired by the Justice Minister".^[2]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Ba'ath Party			161	–46
	Kurdistan Democratic Party			3	New
	Kurdistan Revolutionary Party			2	New
	Communist Party of Iraq			1	New
	Independents			83	+40
Total				250	0

Total votes		7,480,000	–
Registered voters/turnout		8,000,000	93.50
Source: IPU

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
^ ^a ^b ^c Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union
^ Nohlen et al., p101

[N-1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

[IPU-2] Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union

[3] Nohlen et al., p101

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