1967 Iranian general election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 4 August 1967.[1] The result was a victory for the New Iran Party, which won 180 of the 219 seats in the Majlis. Voter turnout was around 35%.[2]

1967 Iranian parliament election
4 August 1967
All 219 seats in the Majlis
30 out of 60 seats in the Senate of Iran
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Asadollah Alam Mohsen Pezeshkpour
Party New Iran Party People's Party Pan-Iranist Party
Majlis seats 180 31 5
Seat change Increase 40 Increase 15 Increase 5
Senate seats 26 4 0
Senate of Iran following the 1967 election
Composition of the Senate of Iran following the election. Royally appointed seats are shown in gray.
National Consultative Assembly of Iran following the 1967 election
Composition of the Assembly of Iran following the election
Prime Minister before election

Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
New Iran Party

 Elected Prime Minister

Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
New Iran Party

Simultaneous elections were also held for a Constitutional Assembly in order for amendments to be made to the constitution to designate a regent, as well as an election for Senate.[2]

Results

Majlis
Party Votes % Seats +/–
New Iran Party180+40
People's Party31+15
Pan-Iranist Party5+5
Independents3–41
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total 219+19
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate
Party Votes % Seats
New Iran Party26
People's Party4
Pan-Iranist Party0
Independents0
Appointed seats——30
Invalid/blank votes––
Total 60
Source: IPU

Constitutional Assembly
Party Votes % Seats
New Iran Party232
People's Party30
Pan-Iranist Party5
Independents6
Invalid/blank votes––
Total 273
Source: IPU

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p68 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. 1967 IPU
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