1925 Iraqi parliamentary election

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1925 Iraqi parliamentary election

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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
Leader's seat Basra Baghdad
Last election 50 23
Seats won 60 28
Seat change Increase10 Increase 5

PM before election

Yasin al-Hashimi
People's Party

Subsequent PM

Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun

Progress Party

Parliamentary elections were held in

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

Jafar al-Askari, join the Progress Party and sabotage it.[3]

Further reading

References

  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.