1963 Iranian general election

1963 Iranian legislative election

17 September 1963
All 200 seats to the National Consultative Assembly
First party Second party   Leader Hassan Ali Mansur Asadollah Alam Party Iran Novin People's Seats won 140 16 Seat change 140 49
Composition of the Assembly following the election
Prime Minister before election Asadollah Alam People's Party Elected Prime Minister Hassan Ali Mansur New Iran Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 17 September 1963.^[1] The result was a victory for the New Iran Party, which won 140 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 91.7%.^[1]

It was held a few months after the 'White Revolution referendum' and the subsequent demonstrations in June.

Before the elections, opposition figures such as the National Front and the Freedom Movement activists were jailed and no genuine opposition candidates were permitted in the elections.^[2] The National Front had requested Prime Minister Asadollah Alam to hold the elections free, but the request was rebuffed.^[3] The elections were "rigged and far from a legitimate process".^[4]

Results

People casting their vote

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Iran Novin Party			140	New
People's Party			16	–49
Independents			44	+12
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	5,593,826		200	0
Source: Nohlen et al.[1]

References

1. Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
2. Cottam, Richard W. (1979). Nationalism in Iran: Updated Through 1978. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 309. ISBN 0822974207.
3. Razavi, Hossein; Vakil, Firouz (2019). The Political Environment Of Economic Planning In Iran, 1971-1983: From Monarchy To Islamic Republic. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000304596.
4. Rieffer-Flanagan, Barbara Ann (2013). Evolving Iran: An Introduction to Politics and Problems in the Islamic Republic. Georgetown University Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 9781589019782.