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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 24 March 1996.[1] The elections were contested by 689 candidates,[2] although 30 MPs were appointed to represent Iraqi Kurdistan.[3] The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 161 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be 93.5%.[2]
All candidates "had been approved beforehand by a committee chaired by the Justice Minister".[2]
^Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
^ abcIraq Inter-Parliamentary Union
^Nohlen et al., p101
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