Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 9 July 1971.

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 230 of the 268 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 ...

and 28 of the 30 elected seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was around 35%.1971
IPU The elections were boycotted by the

Pan-Iranist Party The Pan-Iranist Party ( fa, حزب پان‌ایرانیست, Ḥezb-e Pān-Irānist) is a small opposition political party in Iran that advocates pan-Iranism. The party is not registered and is technically banned, however it continues to operate ...

, which complained that the government held a monopoly over campaign broadcasts on state radio and television, and also claimed that its newspaper had been censored. Its offshoot,

Iranians' Party The Iranians' Party ( fa, حزب ایرانیان, Ḥezb-e Īrānīyān) was a small political party in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bord ...

, won a seat by its secretary-general. Following the elections, Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda formed a new government on 13 September. The elections were " rigged and far from a legitimate process".

Results

Majlis

Senate

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Results

Majlis

Senate

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