National Consultative Assembly

National Consultative Assembly

مجلس شورای ملی

*Majles-e Showrā-ye Mellī*
National Consultative Assembly ; مجلس شورای ملی; Majles-e Showrā-ye Mellī
1906–1979
Type
Type	Unicameral (1906−1949); Lower house (1949−1979)
History
Founded	November 6, 1906
Disbanded	February 11, 1979
Succeeded by	Islamic Consultative Assembly
Structure
Seats	268 (At peak)
Length of term	2 years (1906−1952); 4 years (1952−1979)
Elections
Last election	20 June 1975
Meeting place
	National Consultative Majlis; Baharestan ; Tehran ; Iran
Constitution
	Persian Constitution of 1906

The National Consultative Assembly (Persian: مجلس شورای ملی, romanized: Mad̲j̲les-e s̲h̲ūrā-ye mellī),^[1] or simply Majles, was the national legislative body of Iran from 1906 to 1979.

It was elected by universal suffrage, excluding the armed forces and convicted criminals but after 1963 including women, who could both vote and be elected.^[1]

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (1986). "Mad̲j̲lis". In W. Madelung; Rahman, Munibur; Landau, J. M.; Yapp, M.E.; Robinson, F.C.R. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 5 (Second ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0606. ISBN 9789004161214.

Afary, Janet. The Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911. Columbia University Press. 1996. ISBN 0-231-10351-4

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[EI2-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (1986). "Mad̲j̲lis". In W. Madelung; Rahman, Munibur; Landau, J. M.; Yapp, M.E.; Robinson, F.C.R. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 5 (Second ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0606. ISBN 9789004161214.

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