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of 1925, all Iraqi male citizens over the age of 18 on the date of the election were permitted to vote. In the parliamentary elections, voting took place in all parliamentary constituencies, where the preliminary electors elected secondary electors, who in turn elected members of the parliament (MPs)
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To guarantee the
Sheikhs' loyalty, the government started giving them lands in the outskirts of cities and villages, and threatened to kick its people out if necessary. They took advantage of the country's financial hardship and need to organize the employees of the state's departments to announce a
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boycotted the election and soon after that, on 6 September, more than fifty people began a riot where they assaulted the police and the army, resulting in the death of a soldier and 13 rioters, the injury of ten police officers and two soldiers, and the detention of more than a hundred rioters. The
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by the council before dissolving it on 1 July, after signing the treaty, arguing that treaty will put Iraq in a new political situation, so it would be wise to seek the people's opinion about the treaty. The MPs objected and filed a complaint to the king, stating that the dissolution of the council
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wanted to remove Al-Saadoun from his office after the latter's tries to reduce the king's authorities, in which he succeeded by getting the majority of the council to vote for a different speaker than the one that was nominated by the government, resulting in his resignation. He was also concerned
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On the day of the election, taking advantage of the financial hardship once again, al-Said stated that the relations with London went beyond political affairs and that he succeeded in guaranteeing a sum of more than 50,000,000 rupees to be added to the treasury. He also stated that the government
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The People's Party filed a number of complaints to the king of the illegitimacy of the election, published the names of the people who boycotted the election in the newspapers, called for a working strike, and organized demonstrations, which were suppressed by the government.
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summoned the governors that the government doubted their intentions to
Baghdad and assigned undersecretaries during the election to, allegedly, hold a meeting that discusses the candidature of the representatives, to make sure that the governors who support the outgoing
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British inspection bodies to monitor the election, which was widely refused by the opposition, stating that the government doesn't fight for a majority, they just get an artificial one. At the same time, the
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law that gives the authority of firing employees from their jobs to the Prime
Minister, hinting that the firing will depend on the employee's political stance. During the preliminary election, Nuri al-Said did a tour in governorates of
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Al-Said tried to divide the
National Party which boycotted the election by winning Bahjat Zeenal to his side, taking advantage of their friendship, and Mohammed Mahdi Al-Baseer who was given a scholarship to
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Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Iraq for the year 1930. London. 1930
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on 23 March 1930, gathered his supporters to win a total of 70 seats, surpassing the seats needed for a majority by 25 and increasing the number of seats won in the
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Chamber of Deputies. Each parliamentary constituency of Iraq elected one MP to the Council of Representatives using the
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had a large drop, losing 9 seats which resulted in them being a dominated minority in the council. Also, five seats were won by
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Faraj, Lutfi Jaafar. (1988). عبد المحسن السعدون: دوره في تاريخ العراق السياسي المعاصر. Baghdad: Al-Yaqatha Al-Arabiya Press.
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Upon the resignation of Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi from the
Ministry of Finance, Nuri al-Said nominated the Minister of Interior,
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Al-Darraji, Abdul-Razzaq. (1978). جعفر ابو التمن ودوره في الحركة الوطنية في العراق 1908–1945. Baghdad: Al-Hurriya Press.
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where he, directly, presented the names of his supporters' candidates to the governors, inspectors, and administrators.
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Al-Naseeri, Abdul-Razzaq. (1987). نوري السعيد ودوره في السياسة العراقية حتى عام 1932. Baghdad: Times
Company.
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system. If one party obtained the majority of seats, that party was entitled to form the
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into participating in the election by faking a funeral in a mosque, which they went to.
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The only electoral activity that the opposition's party participated in was a speech by
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that he had too many allies in the British government and had the trust of the
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violates the law and requesting the appointment of a new neutral ministry.
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were held in Iraq on 20 October 1930 to elect the members of the
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to support the government and get an overall majority.
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will lower the price of fuel, especially for farmers.
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716:Notes and references
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352:Please help
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300:Nuri al-Said
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172:
110:Nuri al-Said
79:First party
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1337:Referendums
1066:(in Arabic)
1054:(in Arabic)
1042:(in Arabic)
1027:(in Arabic)
1004:(in Arabic)
992:(in Arabic)
980:(in Arabic)
968:(in Arabic)
956:(in Arabic)
203:Percentage
1374:Categories
1359:See also:
1240:2005 (Dec)
1235:2005 (Jan)
1200:1954 (Sep)
1195:1954 (Jun)
943:References
461:Background
403:Government
409:Timetable
394:Basic Law
341:does not
556:Muntafiq
552:Diwaniya
532:Campaign
494:Faisal I
1180:1946–47
1160:1936–37
1125:1922–24
635:Results
606:Shawkah
473:During
362:removed
347:sources
152:Baghdad
147:Baghdad
106:Leader
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76:
1063:233295
1051:347685
1039:545424
1016:. 1978
1001:141614
989:122754
977:122750
965:227541
953:185609
554:, and
232:9.09%
216:Swing
211:15.9%
121:Party
1024:64822
694:Total
647:Seats
644:Party
625:Cairo
548:Hilla
544:Basra
224:4.5%
207:79.5%
1349:2005
1344:1921
1328:2023
1323:2014
1318:2013
1313:2009
1308:2005
1290:2002
1285:1995
1266:Next
1260:2021
1255:2018
1250:2014
1245:2010
1230:2000
1225:1996
1220:1989
1215:1984
1210:1980
1205:1958
1190:1953
1185:1948
1175:1943
1170:1939
1165:1937
1155:1935
1150:1934
1145:1933
1140:1930
1135:1928
1130:1925
1060:INLA
1048:INLA
1036:INLA
1021:INLA
998:INLA
986:INLA
974:INLA
962:INLA
950:INLA
491:King
345:any
343:cite
50:1933
40:1928
650:+/–
356:by
177:13
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697:88
689:+5
676:–9
673:13
663:+4
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248:PM
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