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1996 Iraqi parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Iraq
flag_year	1991
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1989 Iraqi parliamentary election
previous_year	1989
next_election	2000 Iraqi parliamentary election
next_year	2000
seats_for_election	All 250 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	126
election_date	24 March 1996
image1	Saddam Hussein in 1998.png
leader1	Saddam Hussein
party1	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
alliance1	National Progressive Front (Iraq)
last_election1	207
seats1	161
seat_change1	46
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Saddam Hussein
before_party	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
after_election	Saddam Hussein
after_party	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
image1_size	176px

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 24 March 1996. The elections were contested by 689 candidates, although 30 MPs were appointed to represent Iraqi Kurdistan. The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 161 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be 93.5%.

All candidates "had been approved beforehand by a committee chaired by the Justice Minister".

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p97 {{ISBN. 0-19-924958-X
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2151_96.htm Iraq] Inter-Parliamentary Union
Nohlen ''et al''., p101

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