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1980 Iraqi parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Iraq
flag_year	1963
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1958 Iraqi parliamentary election
previous_year	1958
next_election	1984 Iraqi parliamentary election
next_year	1984
seats_for_election	All 250 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	126
election_date	20 June 1980
image1	Saddam Hussein 1979 (3x4 cropped).jpg
leader1	Saddam Hussein
party1	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
alliance1	National Progressive Front (Iraq)
seats1	187
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Saddam Hussein
before_party	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
after_election	Saddam Hussein
after_party	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
image1_size	176px

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 20 June 1980, the first since 1958. The elections were contested by around 860 candidates and saw the Ba'ath Party win 187 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout was approximately 80%.

Results

References

[[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
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/IRAQ_1980_E.PDF Iraq] Inter-Parliamentary Union

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