Texas 1980 Iraqi parliamentary election ← 1958 20 June 1980 1984 → All 250 seats in the National Assembly 126 seats needed for a majority First party Leader Saddam Hussein Party Ba'ath Party Alliance NPF Seats won 187 Prime Minister before election Saddam Hussein Ba'ath Party Elected Prime Minister Saddam Hussein Ba'ath Party Politics of Iraq Member State of the Arab League Constitution Government Federal government President (list) Abdul Latif Rashid Prime Minister (list) Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani Cabinet Current cabinet Legislature Council of Representatives Speaker: Mohamed al-Halbousi Judiciary Supreme Court Administrative divisions Governorates (provinces) Districts Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan Parliament Elections Political parties Electoral Commission Recent elections Parliamentary: 20182021next Gubernatorial: 20092013next 2005 constitutional referendum Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Fuad Hussein Diplomatic missions of / in Iraq Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Foreign aid to Iraq Iraq and the United Nations Iraq portal Other countries Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 20 June 1980, the first since 1958.[1] The elections were contested by around 860 candidates and saw the Ba'ath Party win 187 of the 250 seats.[2] Voter turnout was approximately 80%.[3] Results PartyVotes%SeatsBa'ath Party187Independents and bloc parties63Total250Registered voters/turnout6,044,068–Source: Nohlen et al. References ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p97 ISBN 0-19-924958-X ^ Nohlen et al., p101 ^ Iraq Inter-Parliamentary Union Elections and referendums in IraqParliamentary elections 1922–24 1925 1928 1930 1933 1934 1935 1936–37 1937 1939 1943 1946–47 1948 1953 1954 (Jun) 1954 (Sep) 1958 1980 1984 1989 1996 2000 2005 (Jan) 2005 (Dec) 2010 2014 2018 2021 Next Presidential elections 1995 2002 Governorate elections 2005 2009 2013 2014 2023 Referendums 1921 2005 See also: Elections and referendums in Iraqi Kurdistan