1961 Iranian Legislative Election

10 January to 4 February 1961 · Under the Pahlavis · 165 seats

Party of Nationalists finished first with 69 of 165 seats. Ali Amini replaced Jafar Sharif-Emami.

The court managed these elections: the source files most of them under electoral fraud in Iran, and describes them as systematically controlled by the royal court.

President before

Jafar Sharif-Emami

Independent

President after

Ali Amini

Independent

Largest force

Party of Nationalists

69 of 165 seats

Turnout

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The result

Party of Nationalists
69
seats
People's Party
64
seats
Iran Party
1
seats
Independents
31
seats