The second
local elections in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, and the first to elect the members of
provincial and
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
councils (''Anjoman''), were held in September
1970.
960 seats for 150 councils were up for election.
Results
According to Rouhollah K. Ramazani,
New Iran Party gained more than 60% of the votes and 300 out of 960 seats
while Dishon ''et al'' reported the number of seats won by each party as the following:
By Province
References
1970 elections in Iran
1970
Events
January
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September 1970 events in Asia
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