[1] The result was a victory for the New Iran Party, which won 230 of the 268 seats in the Majlis and 28 of the 30 elected seats in the Senate.

[2] The elections were boycotted by the Pan-Iranist Party, which complained that the government held a monopoly over campaign broadcasts on state radio and television, and also claimed that its newspaper had been censored.

[2] Its offshoot, Iranians' Party, won a seat by its secretary-general.

[3] Following the elections, Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda formed a new government on 13 September.

[2] The elections were "rigged and far from a legitimate process".