National Consultative Assembly

National Consultative Assembly
National Consultative Assembly ; مجلس شورای ملی; Majles-e Showrā-ye Mellī
	1906–1979
Type
Type	Unicameral (1906−1949)[1]; Lower house (1949−1979)[1]
History
Founded	November 6, 1906
Disbanded	February 11, 1979
Succeeded by	Islamic Consultative Assembly
Structure
Seats	268 (At peak)
Length of term	2 years (1906−1952)[1]; 4 years (1952−1979)[1]
Elections
Last election	20 June 1975
Meeting place
	National Consultative Majlis; Baharestan ; Tehran ; Iran
Constitution
	Persian Constitution of 1906

The National Consultative Assembly (Persian: مجلس شورای ملی‎, romanized: Mad̲j̲lis-i s̲h̲ūrā-yi millī)[1] or simply Majlis, was the national legislative body of Iran from 1906 to 1979.

It was elected by universal suffrage, excluding the armed forces and convicted criminals but since 1963 including women, who might both vote and be elected.[1]

Notes and references

P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs (1986). "Mad̲j̲lis". In W. Madelung, Rahman, Munibur, Landau, J. M., Yapp, M.E. and Robinson, F.C.R. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. 5 (Second ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0606. ISBN 9789004161214.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)

Afary, Janet. The Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911. Columbia University Press. 1996. ISBN 0-231-10351-4

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[EI2-1] P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs (1986). "Mad̲j̲lis". In W. Madelung, Rahman, Munibur, Landau, J. M., Yapp, M.E. and Robinson, F.C.R. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. 5 (Second ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0606. ISBN 9789004161214.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)