Parliamentary elections were held in
Iran on 20 June 1975. All 268 seats were won by the new monarchist party, the
Rastakhiz Party. Voter turnout was 48.6%,
although according to official reports, for both houses, out of an electorate of 14 million, 70 percent (9.8 million) registered to
vote and 52 percent of the electorate (about 7 million) cast its vote.
This election was the final one held under the rule of the
Shah of Iran before the
Iranian Revolution of 1979
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
.
Campaign
Around 750 candidates contested the elections, of which 80% were standing for the first time. All candidates had to adhere to three basic principles: "faith in Iran's constitution, loyalty to the monarchical regime, and fidelity to the 'white revolution'." Mainly the rules were to follow a set of non-exploitation laws.
However, the
Rastakhiz Party, like others before it, lacked a popular base. Even though the candidates adhered to the philosophy of the rule by the monarchy, there were sometimes three or four candidates for the same seats as the party slated several candidates for the seats. However,
Communists were banned from running for office.
[Abrahamian, Ervand (1989). ''Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin.'' I.B.Tauris. p.25. ]
Electoral system
Members of 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 ...
were elected using the
multiple non-transferable vote
The multiple non-transferable vote (MNTV) is a group of voting system, in which voters elect several representatives at once, with each voter having more than one vote. MNTV uses multi-member electoral districts or only one district, which conta ...
system.
Tehran was allocated twenty-seven seats,
Tabriz nine,
Shiraz seven,
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
five and
Ahwaz,
Abadan
Abadan ( fa, آبادان ''Ābādān'', ) is a city and capital of Abadan County, Khuzestan Province, which is located in the southwest of Iran. It lies on Abadan Island ( long, 3–19 km or 2–12 miles wide). The island is bounded ...
,
Babol,
Rasht,
Rezaieh,
Karaj, and
Kermanshah three. Of the remaining seats, twenty-five were allocated in two-member districts, and 139 in single-member districts.
Results
Majlis
Senate
References
1975 elections in Iran
1975 elections in Asia
One-party elections
Iranian Senate elections
National Consultative Assembly elections
Lower house elections in Iran
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