Flag Image: | State flag of Iran 1964-1980.svg |
Country: | Iran |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1967 Iranian legislative election |
Previous Year: | 1967 |
Next Election: | 1975 Iranian legislative election |
Next Year: | 1975 |
Seats For Election: | All 268 seats in the Majlis 30 out of 60 seats in the Senate |
Election Date: | 9 July 1971 |
1Blank: | Majlis votes |
2Blank: | Majlis seats |
3Blank: | Seat change |
4Blank: | Senate votes |
5Blank: | Senate seats |
6Blank: | Seat change |
Image1: | Amir Abbas Hoveida.jpg |
Leader1: | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
Party1: | Iran Novin Party |
2Data1: | 230 |
3Data1: | 50 |
5Data1: | 28 |
6Data1: | 2 |
Leader2: | Asadollah Alam |
Party2: | People's Party (Iran) |
2Data2: | 37 |
3Data2: | 6 |
5Data2: | 2 |
6Data2: | 2 |
Colour2: | FE8002 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
Before Party: | New Iran Party |
After Election: | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
After Party: | New Iran Party |
Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 9 July 1971.[1] The result was a victory for the New Iran Party, which won 230 of the 268 seats in the Majlis and 28 of the 30 elected seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was around 35%.[2] The elections were boycotted by the Pan-Iranist Party, which complained that the government held a monopoly over campaign broadcasts on state radio and television, and also claimed that its newspaper had been censored.[2] Its offshoot, Iranians' Party, won a seat by its secretary-general.
Following the elections, Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda formed a new government on 13 September.[2]
The elections were "rigged and far from a legitimate process".[3]