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1996 Iraqi parliamentary election

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1996 Iraqi parliamentary election

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All 250 seats in the National Assembly
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Leader Saddam Hussein
Party Ba'ath Party
Alliance NPF
Last election 207
Seats won 161
Seat change Decrease46

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

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Ba'ath Party161–46
Kurdistan Democratic Party3New
Kurdistan Revolutionary Party2New
Communist Party of Iraq1New
Independents83+40
Total2500
Total votes7,480,000
Registered voters/turnout8,000,00093.50
Source: IPU

References

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