1906 Persian legislative election

1906 Persian legislative election

17 September 1906 (1906-09-17)

All 156 seats to the National Consultative Assembly
 
Alliance Moderates Radicals Independent
Seats won 35[1] 21[2] 100


Elected Prime Minister

Mirza Nasrullah Khan
Independent

The first Iranian legislative election held on 17 September 1906 after the Iranian Constitutional Revolution by a sentence from Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar.

First, on 27 September 1906, Mirza Nasrullah Khan was elected as the first elected Prime Minister of Iran; but before he could officially take office, he was dismissed by the Majlis again, and then the Majlis elected Ali Asghar Atabak as Prime Minister, but since Atabak was abroad, a provisional government was formed headed by Soltan-Ali Vazir-e Afkham.

References

  1. ^ آشنایی با تاریخ مجالس قانونگذاری در ایران دوره اول تا دوره شانزدهم [History of Legislatures in Iran (1285–1328)] (in Persian). Majlis Research Center. 2005 [1384]. pp. 19–20. Archived from the original on 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  2. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 88. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.