1928 Persian legislative election

1928 Persian legislative election
All 136 seats to the National Consultative Assembly
Prime Minister before election; Mehdi Qoli Hedayat;	Elected Prime Minister ; Mehdi Qoli Hedayat;

In the elections for the seventh Majlis, systematically rigged by the military and Interior ministry, handpicked representatives of Reza Shah were chosen to the parliament to ensure the exclusion of recalcitrants^[1] and "unsuitable candidates who insisted on running found themselves either in jail or banished from their localities".^[2]

During the campaign, all public speeches were prohibited by police.^[3]

Hassan Modarres who was Tehran's most voted deputy in the previous election, was expelled without even a single vote in his favor. He objected the results, famously asking "What about the vote that I had cast for myself?".^[4] Other candidates such as Mohammad Mossadegh, Hassan Taghizadeh and Hossein Ala' were not elected despite the demand for them.^[3]

The royalist supporters of Reza Shah flourishing in Progress Party, were the majority of the parliament, dominating about 90% of the seats.^[5]

The opposition was a minority with only two-seats held by Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi representing Yazd and Mahmoud Reza Tolou of Lahijan.^[4]

References

^ Azimi, Fakhreddin (2008). Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule. Harvard University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0674027787.
^ Abrahamian, Ervand (2008). A History of Modern Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0521528917.
^ ^a ^b Ladjevardi, Habib (1985). Labor Unions and Autocracy in Iran. Syracuse University Press. p. 19. ISBN 0815623437.
^ ^a ^b Haddad Adel, Gholamali; Elmi, Mohammad Jafar; Taromi-Rad, Hassan (31 August 2012). Political Parties: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. EWI Press. p. 37. ISBN 9781908433022.
^ Atabaki, Touraj; Zurcher, Erik (2004). Men of Order: Authoritarian Modernization Under Atatürk and Reza Shah. I.B.Tauris. p. 93. ISBN 9781860644269.

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[1] Azimi, Fakhreddin (2008). Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule. Harvard University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0674027787.

[2] Abrahamian, Ervand (2008). A History of Modern Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0521528917.

[SUP-3] Ladjevardi, Habib (1985). Labor Unions and Autocracy in Iran. Syracuse University Press. p. 19. ISBN 0815623437.

[EWI-4] Haddad Adel, Gholamali; Elmi, Mohammad Jafar; Taromi-Rad, Hassan (31 August 2012). Political Parties: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. EWI Press. p. 37. ISBN 9781908433022.

[5] Atabaki, Touraj; Zurcher, Erik (2004). Men of Order: Authoritarian Modernization Under Atatürk and Reza Shah. I.B.Tauris. p. 93. ISBN 9781860644269.

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