1953 Iraqi parliamentary election

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| ← 1948 | 17 January 1953 | June 1954 →

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All 135 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
68 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | Nuri as-Said | Taha al-Hashimi
Party  | CUP | UPF
Last election  | –  | –
Seats won  | 67  | 11
Seat change  | New | New

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Nureddin Mahmud
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Jamil al-Midfai
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 17 January 1953 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies.[1] The result was a victory for the Constitutional Union Party, which won 67 of the 135 seats. Only 57 seats were contested.[2]

## Results

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Party| Seats| +/–
| Constitutional Union Party| 67| New
| United Popular Front| 11| New
| Socialist Nation Party| 8| New
| Iraqi Independence Party| 1| −4
| Independents| 48| −82
Total| 135| –3
Source: Nohlen et al.

## References

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1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
2. ^ Nohlen et al., p101

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