1921 Iranian Legislative Election

1921 · The Constitutional Revolution

Independent finished first with 85 seats. Ahmad Qavam replaced Zia'eddin Tabatabaee.

The first Majlis was won under a constitution wrung from the Qajar shah, then bombarded and dissolved, and the assemblies that followed sat between Russian and British occupation zones.

President before

Zia'eddin Tabatabaee

Ahmad Qavam

President after

Ahmad Qavam

Largest force

Independent

85 seats

Turnout

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The result

Reformers' Party
Hassan Modarres
35
seats
Socialist Party
Soleiman Eskandari
18
seats
Independent
85
seats