People's Party (Iran)

This article is about Party in Iran. For other parties with same name, see People's Party. For the party within National Front, see Party of the Iranian People.

People's Party
General Secretary	Asadollah Alam
Founded	May 16, 1957 (1957-05-16)
Dissolved	March 2, 1975 (1975-03-02)
Merged into	Resurgence Party
Ideology	Liberalism
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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
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
1967	4 / 60 (7%)
1971	2 / 60 (3%)	2

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.

Historic Political organizations in Iran

Politics of Iran

Qajar monarchy	Social Democratic Party Democrat Party Moderate Socialists Party Union and Progress Party Learned Council Revival Party Reformers' Party Socialist Party Communist Party Young Communist League

Pahlavi monarchy	National Union Party Fatherland Party Justice Party New Iran Party Progress Party Azerbaijani Democratic Party Democrat Party of Iran Movement of God-Worshipping Socialists Islamic Nations Party Iran Party Iran Unity Party Party of the Iranian People League of Iranian Socialists Society of Muslim Warriors Toilers Party Third Force Revolutionary Republican Party Organization of Communist Revolutionaries Comrades Party SUMKA Aria Party People's Democratic Front JAMA Peykar Union of Communist Militants Union of Iranian Communists Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas Nationalists’ Party New Iran Party People's Party Resurgence Party

Islamic Republic	Grand coalition Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President Eponym Group Muslim People's Republic Party National Democratic Front National Resistance Movement of Iran Azadegan Organization Islamic Republican Party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization Coalition of the Oppressed and Deprived Coalition of Imam's Line groups Association for Defence of Revolution Values Islamic Reconciliation Party

Active parties

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