1925 Iraqi parliamentary election

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| ← 1922–1924 | 8 June 1925 | 1928 →

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All 88 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
45 seats needed for a majority
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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

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| PM before election

Yasin al-Hashimi
People's Party

| Subsequent PM

Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun
Progress Party

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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]

## Aftermath

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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]

## Further reading

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* Faraj, Lutfi Jaafar. (1988). عبد المحسن السعدون: دوره في تاريخ العراق السياسي المعاصر. Baghdad: Al-Yaqatha Al-Arabiya Press. INLA 185609 (in Arabic)
* Mohammed, Alaa Jasim. (1990). الملك فيصل الاول: حياته ودوره السياسي في الثورة العربية وسورية والعراق 1888–1933. Baghdad: Al-Yaqatha Al-Arabiya Press. INLA 227541 (in Arabic)

## References

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1. ^ a b Al-Hassany, Abdul Razzaq (1953). History of Iraqi Governments, Vol 2. Baghdad.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. ^ Al-Wardi, Ali (1976). Social Aspects of Iraq's Modern History, Vol 6 (2nd ed.). Baghdad: Al-Warraq for Publishing.
3. ^ Al-Hasnawi, Qusay. "Has the Progress Party ended with Sadoun's death?". Al-Mada. Archived from the original on October 13, 2016.

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