A bloc supportive of coup leader Bakr Sidqi and members of the leftist Popular Reform Party won the elections and were the most prominent political groups in the new parliament.

The new parliaments also included military officers, tribal leaders, nationalists and independent members.

Later, the Popular Reform Party was accused of having communist ideology, and was dissolved.

[4] Bakr Sidqi and another coup leader were assassinated on 12 August 1937 in Mosul.

[5] Parliament was dissolved on 26 August 1937 and fresh elections were held on 18 December 1937.