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The Wahdist League as a political party was not a legal party until the successful Wahdist Revolution which overthrew the Qawahtanate. It proceeded to win the [[First Dabiristani National Elections]] and established itself as one of the primary political parties of Dabiristan. It competes with the Wahdist Republicans and [[Combatant Clergy League]]. DespiteWinning winningthe 3 of thethree most recent elections, the Wahdist League has seen aan declineincrease in votes since the [[2018 National Elections]].

On October 1977, Ayatollah Azageh, founder and chairman of the Wahdist League, and three other members of the Wahdist League were exiled. Ayatollah Azageh, thenafter claimedhis thatexile, thereclaim hadthat beenHashemi anII assassinationhad attemptattempted forto his life but it hadassassinate failedhim. This prompted another series of riots. This time, the Dabiristani army and police force were unable to quell the riots as cities began falling to the rioters. Desperate measures were soon undertaken such as the use of live rounds to quell the rioters. This brought Dabiristan close to civil war, however, in a sudden move, Qawahtan Hashemi II abdicated in December of 1977 and gave power to his eldest son. This move led to the riots slowly dying down and the Qawahtanate was able to again retain control of the nation.

Mahdi Ibn-Hashemi was crowned in January 1978 and became Qawahtan Mahdi III. It was widely believed during Mahdi's reign, therethat here would be a reversal of his fathers unpopular reforms. HoweverInstead, Qawahtan Mahdi III doubled down on the reforms and began to implement them even more aggresively than his father had. Ayatollah Azageh, in response, called for another series of protests in April of 1978. These protests would see no success and Mahdi III would continue to implement the reforms.

On 28 January 1984, Ayatollah Azageh flew back into Dabiristan without any opposition from the army or police. It then became public knowledge that Azade had fled Dabiristan a week prior and a military government had been established. The military government was headed by [[General Gholam]], a sympathist for the Wahdist League. He would end the exile of all political dissidents and release all political prisoners in Dabiristan. This move would be the “nail in the coffin” for the Sadeghid Qawahtanate. Ayatollah Azageh would deliver a sermon and speech to the people of Dabiristan in the city of Al-Khuweeiyah. In it, he outlined the troubles and struggles the populace had faced for almost an entire decade and how they were finally over. He declared the formation of the Wahdist Republic of Dabiristan and declared himself to be the first “Supreme Leader” of the nation. Widespread celebrations would take place all over Dabiristan.

Al-Basim's presidency is considered to be extremely controversial. He is seen as the reason for the Wahdist League losing in the 1994 and 1998 National Elections. His presidency is marked with failed attempts to privatise the energy industry and attempts to reform the military. In 1993, a scandal involving the assassination of far-left politician, Bozorg Tahabadi, resulted in many blaming Al-Basim's government for corruption and dictatorial rule. Al-Basim announced he would be resigning from politics after his presidential term ended in similar fashion to his predecessor. He also cited "personal reasonreasons" for his reason of resignation.

In a desperate attempt to win the 1994 National Elections, the Wahdist League elected Muhammad Asghar to become Chairman of the Wahdist League. His campaign saved the Wahdist League league from losing millions of votes but hethe Wahdist League could not achieve majority seats in parliament. The Wahdist Republicans, after forming a coalition with two other minor parties to gain majority seats, formed the first non-Wahdist League government in Dabiristani history since the Wahdist Revolution.