1989 Iraqi parliamentary election

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1 April 1989

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All 250 seats in the National Assembly
126 seats needed for a majority

	First party

Leader	Saddam Hussein
Party	Ba'ath Party
Alliance	NPF
Last election	183
Seats won	207
Seat change	24

Prime Minister before election

Saddam Hussein
Ba'ath Party

Elected Prime Minister

Saddam Hussein
Ba'ath Party

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 1 April 1989, having originally been scheduled for 31 August 1988, but postponed due to the Iran–Iraq War. The elections were contested by 921 candidates, and saw the Ba'ath Party win 207 of the 250 seats.

Results


Party		Seats	+/–
	Ba'ath Party	207	+24
	Independents and bloc parties	43	–24
Total		250	0

Source: IPU

References

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p. 97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union

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