Bijani National Council formation, 1949

The Bijani National Council formation of 1949 refers to the process by which the members of the National Council, the upper chamber of the bicameral National Assembly of Bijan, were selected. Unlike its counterpart, the Chamber of Deputies, which is directly elected, the National Council's membership is chosen through a variety of methods, and the process of choosing the members took place from March to May 1949.

Ex officio members
Six members of the National Council are members by virtue of their holding a separate, unrelated office:
 * the Commander-in-Chief or the Commander of the Armed Forces;
 * the heads of the two largest and most important religious communities in Bijan;
 * the records of two autonomous higher institutions of science and learning;
 * the president of the bank of issue.

Elected members
Twenty-four members of the National Council are elected, though not by the people, but rather by various interest groups:
 * three members are elected by the councils of the rural municipalities;
 * one member is leected by the councils of the urban municipalities;
 * five members are elected by autonomous professional corporations to represent agriculture and fishing;
 * five members are elected by autonomous professional corporations to represent industry, trade, commerce, shipping and cooperation;
 * three members are elected by autonomous professional corporations to represent labour;
 * one member is elected by autonomous professional corporations to represent owners of urban real estate property;
 * one member is elected by autonomous professional corporations to represent the free professions;
 * one member is elected by autonomous professional corporations to represent the domestic economy;
 * one member is elected to represent the Armed Forces;
 * one member is elected to represent education and culture
 * one member is elected to represent the cultural boards of ethnic minorities; and
 * one member is elected to represent the interests of public health.

Appointed members
Ten members of the National Council are appointed by the President of the Republic.

Members by special right
The Constitution provides that former Presidents of the Republic and former Commanders-in-Chief in times of war on or after January 1, 1949, are entitled to be members of the National Council. As there were no such officeholders as of the 1949 formation, this constitutional provision was ignored.