Country: | Iraq |
Flag Year: | 1963 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1984 Iraqi parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1984 |
Next Election: | 1996 Iraqi parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1996 |
Seats For Election: | All 250 seats in the National Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 126 |
Election Date: | 1 April 1989 |
Image1: | Saddam Arab Summit 11 Nov 1987 (cropped).png |
Leader1: | Saddam Hussein |
Party1: | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region |
Alliance1: | National Progressive Front (Iraq) |
Last Election1: | 183 |
Seats1: | 207 |
Seat Change1: | 24 |
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 |
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.[1] The elections were contested by 921 candidates,[2] and saw the Ba'ath Party win 207 of the 250 seats.