Election Name: | September 1954 Iraqi parliamentary election |
Country: | Iraq |
Flag Year: | 1924 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | June 1954 Iraqi parliamentary election |
Next Election: | 1958 Iraqi parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1958 |
Seats For Election: | All 135 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 68 seats needed for a majority |
Election Date: | 12 September 1954 |
Colour1: | A52A2A |
Leader1: | Nuri as-Said |
Party1: | Constitutional Union Party (Iraq) |
Last Election1: | 50 |
Seats1: | 94 |
Seat Change1: | 44 |
Colour2: | EE82EE |
Leader2: | Sayyid Salih Jabr |
Party2: | Socialist Nation Party |
Last Election2: | 21 |
Seats2: | 8 |
Seat Change2: | 13 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Nuri al-Said |
Before Party: | Constitutional Union Party (Iraq) |
After Election: | Nuri al-Said |
After Party: | Constitutional Union Party (Iraq) |
Early parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 12 September 1954,[1] after the Chamber of Deputies elected in June was dissolved by the King on 3 August. The Constitutional Union Party remained the largest party, winning 94 of the 135 seats, although only 25 seats were actually contested.[2]