1948 Iraqi parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 15 June 1948 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies of Iraq.[1] The majority of seats were won by independents.

1948 Iraq parliamentary elections

15 June 1948

All 138 seats to the Chamber of Deputies of Iraq
51 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	–	Muhammad Mahdi Kubba
Party	Independent	Independence
Seats won	130	5

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Kamel al-Chaderji	Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
Party	National Democratic	Liberal
Seats won	2	1

Prime Minister before election

Muhammad as-Sadr
Independent

Subsequent Prime Minister

Muzahim al-Pachachi
Independent

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Results

Party		Leader	%	Seats	+/–
	Istiqlal Party	Muhammad Mahdi Kubba		5
	National Democratic Party	Kamel al-Chaderji		2
	Liberal Party	Tawfiq al-Suwaidi		1
	Independents	–		130
Invalid/blank votes			–	–	–
Total			100	138
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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

Elections and referendums in Iraq
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See also: Elections and referendums in Iraqi Kurdistan

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