{{Short description|Group in Iranian Parliament}} {{Infobox parliamentary group | name = Tudeh fraction | color = {{party color|Tudeh Party of Iran}} | logo = | chamber = Iranian Parliament | foundation = 1944 | parties = Tudeh Party of Iran | president = Reza Radmanesh {{small|(1944–1946)}} | spokesperson = Fereydoun Keshavarz {{small|(1944–1946)}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Abrahamian|first=Ervand|year=1982|title=Iran Between Two Revolutions|isbn=0-691-10134-5|publisher=Princeton University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/iranbetweentwore00abra_0/page/406 406]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/iranbetweentwore00abra_0/page/406}}</ref> }} The '''Tudeh fraction''' ({{langx|fa|فراکسیون توده}}) was the parliamentary group of the Tudeh Party in the Iranian Parliament.
The group was known for its robust discipline, and its ability to dominate debates in the parliament.<ref name="Mehrdad"/> During the 14th Iranian Majlis, the party formed a left-center coalition with deputies (mostly from northern provinces) who sympathized with its policies, gaining a voting strength of about 30.<ref name="Mehrdad">{{cite thesis|last=Mehrdad|first=Hormoz|date=1980|title=Political orientations and the style of intergroup leadership interactions: the case of Iranian political parties|degree=PhD|publisher=Ohio State University|url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/caae/3e217e22da4e0f7114bdf5c27dc92c1e4895.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220161611/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/caae/3e217e22da4e0f7114bdf5c27dc92c1e4895.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-12-20|id=osu1487090992443849|page=212|s2cid=148645507 }}</ref>
== Historical membership == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" ! Years ! Seats ! Change ! Ref |- | 1944–1946 | {{composition bar compact|8|136|{{party color|Tudeh Party of Iran}}}} | {{steady}} | <ref>{{cite journal|last1=Abrahamian|first1=Ervand|title=Factionalism in Iran: political groups in the 14th Parliament (1944–46)|journal=Middle Eastern Studies|date=1978|volume=14|issue=1|pages=35|doi=10.1080/00263207808700364|jstor=4282680|publisher=Taylor & Francis}}</ref> |- | 1947–1949 | {{composition bar compact|2|136|{{party color|Tudeh Party of Iran}}}} | {{decrease}} 6 | <ref>{{cite book|first=Yaacov|last=Ro'i|title=From Encroachment to Involvement: A Documentary Study of Soviet Policy in the Middle East, 1945–1973|year=1974|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=1412824117|pages=44|quote=They brought a majority to Qavam's party, the Iranian Democratic Party, while the Tudeh, which boycotted the elections in most districts, received only two seats, and the main opposition party, that of Mosaddeq, 25.}}</ref> |}
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