Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 4 August 1967.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p68 The result was a victory for the New Iran Party, which won 180 of the 219 seats in the

Majlis ( ar, المجلس, pl. ') is an Arabic term meaning "sitting room", used to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups of administrative, social or religious nature in countries with linguistic or cultural conne ...

. Voter turnout was around 35%.1967
IPU Simultaneous elections were also held for a Constitutional Assembly in order for amendments to be made to the

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to designate a regent, as well as an election for

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Results

Majlis

Senate

Constitutional Assembly

References

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1967 elections in Iran Iranian Senate elections National Consultative Assembly elections Lower house elections in Iran August 1967 events in Asia