Iraqi parliamentary election, 1989

April 1, 1989

All 250 seats to the National Assembly of Iraq 126 seats were needed for a majority

	First party

Leader	Saddam Hussein
Party	Ba'ath Party
Last election	183
Seats won	207
Seat change	24*

Prime Minister before election

Saddam Hussein
Ba'ath Party

Elected Prime Minister

Saddam Hussein
Ba'ath Party

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 1 April 1989, having originally been scheduled for 31 August 1988, but postponed due to the Iran–Iraq War.^[1] The election was contested by 921 candidates,^[2] and saw the Ba'ath Party win 207 of the 250 seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	Ba'ath Party			207	+24
	Independents and bloc parties			43	−24
Invalid/blank votes			—	—	—
Total		7,171,000		250	0
Source: IPU

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p. 97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union

Elections and referendums in Iraq

Parliamentary elections	1924 1925 1928 1930 1933 1934 1935 1937 (Feb) 1937 (Dec) 1939 1943 1947 1948 1953 1954 (Jun) 1954 (Sep) 1958 1980 1984 1989 1996 2000 2005 (Jan) 2005 (Dec) 2010 2014

Presidential elections	1995 2002

Governorate elections	2005 2009 2013 2014

Referendums	1921 2005

See also: Elections and referendums in Iraqi Kurdistan

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