Iranian local elections, 1968

Iranian local elections, 1968
1968 (1968)

The first ever local elections in Iran were held in 1968, to elect the members of city and town municipal councils (Anjoman).[1]

The result was a victory for the New Iran Party.[2]

According to Dilip Hiro, 90% of the voters in Tehran abstained, a way to mildly express dissent.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Village, City/Town, Township/Provincial Councils", Iran Almanac and Book of Facts, Echo of Iran, 1974, p. 102
  2. ↑ "IRAN", Middle East Record, Shiloah Centre for Middle Eastern and African Studies monograph, 4, John Wiley & Sons, 1973, p. 473, ISBN 9780470216118
  3. ↑ Hiro, Dilip (2013). Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals). Routledge. p. 55. ISBN 1135043817.
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