1967 Iranian general election

1967 Iranian general election

4 August 1967
All 219 seats in the Majlis 30 out of 60 seats in the Senate of Iran
First party Second party Third party   Leader Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Asadollah Alam Mohsen Pezeshkpour Party Iran Novin People's Pan-Iranist Party Majlis seats 180 31 5 Seat change 40 15 5 Senate seats 26 4 0
Composition of the Senate of Iran following the election. Royally appointed seats are shown in gray.
Composition of the Assembly of Iran following the election
Prime Minister before election Amir-Abbas Hoveyda New Iran Party Elected Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda New Iran Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 4 August 1967. The result was a victory for the Iran Novin Party, which won 180 of the 219 seats in the Majlis. Voter turnout was around 35%.

Simultaneous elections were also held for a Constitutional Assembly in order for amendments to be made to the constitution to designate a regent, as well as an election for Senate.

Results

Majlis

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Iran Novin Party			180	+40
People's Party			31	+15
Pan-Iranist Party			5	+5
Independents			3	–41
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total			219	+19
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Iran Novin Party			26
People's Party			4
Pan-Iranist Party			0
Independents			0
Appointed seats	—	—	30
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total			60
Source: IPU

Constitutional Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Iran Novin Party			232
People's Party			30
Pan-Iranist Party			5
Independents			6
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total			273
Source: IPU