Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 20 June 1980, the first since 1958.[1] The elections were contested by around 860 candidates and saw the Ba'ath Party win 187 of the 250 seats.[2] Voter turnout was approximately 80%.[3]
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Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Ba'ath Party | 187 | |||
| Independents and bloc parties | 63 | |||
| Total | 250 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,044,068 | – | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ Nohlen et al., p101
- ^ Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union