1961 Iranian legislative election

1961 Iranian legislative election

10 January to 4 February 1961

All 200 seats to the National Consultative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manouchehr Eghbal Asadollah Alam
Party Party of Nationalists People's Party
Alliance
Seats won 75 65
Seat change 29 15

Composition of the Assembly following the election

Prime Minister before election

Jafar Sharif-Emami
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Ali Amini
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran in 1961, after the elections the previous year had been annulled by the Shah. The result was a victory for the Party of Nationalists, which won a plurality of the seats.

National Front candidates had been forcibly prevented from campaigning, such as Boroumand in Isfahan. Among opposition, only Allahyar Saleh was able to win a seat in his native Kashan.