1925 Iraqi parliamentary election

1925 Iraqi parliamentary election

← 1922–1924 8 June 1925 1928 →
All 88 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 45 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun Yasin al-Hashimi Party Progress Party People's Party Last election 50 23 Seats won 60 28 Seat change 10 5
PM before election Yasin al-Hashimi People's Party Subsequent PM Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun Progress Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq in 1925, the first under the 1925 constitution.^[1] After the elections, Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun became Prime Minister for the second time and founded the Progress Party to support the government and gain a parliamentary majority.^[1]

King Faisal I wanted to remove Al-Saadoun from his office after he tried to reduce the king's powers; Faisal succeeded in persuading the majority of the Chamber of Deputies to vote for Rashid Ali al-Gaylani for speaker, rather than the candidate nominated by the Al-Saadoun government, resulting in Al-Saadoun's resignation. Faisal was also concerned that Al-Saadoun had too many allies in the British government and had the trust of the British High Commissioner,^[2] so he made his two loyal men, Nuri al-Said and Jafar al-Askari, join the Progress Party and sabotage it.^[3]

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