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1936–1937 Iraqi parliamentary election

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A bloc supportive of coup leader Bakr Sidqi and members of the leftist Popular Reform Party won the elections and were the most prominent political groups in the new parliament. Both groups supported Hikmat Sulayman's government. The new parliaments also included military officers, tribal leaders,
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nationalists and independent members. Later, the Popular Reform Party was accused of having communist ideology, and was dissolved.
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were held in Iraq between 10 December 1936 and 20 February 1937 to elect the members of
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Bakr Sidqi and another coup leader were assassinated on 12 August 1937 in
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and the left-leaning military government presided over by
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1935
Dec 1937
Chamber of Deputies of Iraq


Bakr Sidqi
Ja'far Abu al-Timman
Pro-government (Sidqi's bloc)
Popular Reform
PM
Hikmat Sulayman
Hikmat Sulayman
Chamber of Deputies of Iraq
1936 military coup
Bakr Sidqi
Yasin al-Hashimi
Hikmat Sulayman
Mosul
fresh elections







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