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<p>Parliamentary elections were held in <a href="page.php?w=Iran">Iran</a> in 1950.</p>

<p><big> Background </big></p>
<p>Elections for the 16th Majlis began in late July 1949. The 16th Majlis was to be a <a href="page.php?w=Bicameralism">bicameral</a> parliament composed of the <a href="page.php?w=Majlis">Majlis</a> as the lower house and the Senate as the upper house. Following a framework set down in the 1906 Constitution, the Shah began appointing 30 of the 60 senators. As a reaction to the Shah's selection of royalists friendly to his views, and concerns</p><p>
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