People's Party (Iran)
People's Party | |
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General Secretary | Asadollah Alam |
Founded | May 16, 1957 |
Dissolved | March 2, 1975 |
Merged into | Resurgence Party |
Ideology | Liberalism |
People's Party (Persian: حزب مردم; Mardom) was a liberal[1] political party in Pahlavi era Iran. It was one of two major parties in the apparent attempt to decree a two-party system by Shah, apparently opposition to the ruling New Iran Party and previously Party of Nationalists. The party was dissolved in 1975, in order to be merged into newly founded Resurgence Party, the only legal party in the attempted single-party system.[2]
Electoral history
Lower house
Election | Seats | +/− | Ref |
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1956 | 36 / 136 (26%) |
N/A | [3]:73 |
1961 | 65 / 200 (33%) |
29 | [3]:73 |
1963 | 16 / 200 (8%) |
49 | [3]:74 |
1967 | 31 / 219 (14%) |
15 | [3]:74 |
1971 | 37 / 268 (14%) |
6 | [3]:74 |
Upper house
Election | Seats | +/− | Ref |
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1967 | 4 / 60 (7%) |
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1971 | 2 / 60 (3%) |
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In popular culture
According to Ervand Abrahamian, People's Party and New Iran Party were interchangeably called "Yes Sir, Party" (Persian: حزب بلهقربان) and "Yes of Course Sir, Party" (Persian: حزب چشمقربان) by people, as members of the two parties in the National Consultative Assembly were assigned to their affiliation by Shah and with the help of SAVAK.[4]
References
- ↑ Cottam, Richard W. (1979). Nationalism in Iran: Updated Through 1978. University of Pittsburgh Pre. p. 297. ISBN 0822974207.
- ↑ Chehabi, Houchang E. (1990) Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris
- 1 2 3 4 5 Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand. (2008) History of Modern Iran. Cambridge University Press.