1954 Syrian parliamentary election

1954 Syrian parliamentary election

←  1953 24–25 September 1954 (first round) 4–5 October (second round) 1961  →
All 142 seats in the Parliament of Syria 72 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rushdi al-Kikhya Nazim al-Kudsi Akram El-Hourani Shukri al-Quwatli Party People's Ba'ath Party National Party Seats won 30 22 19
Prime Minister before election Said al-Ghazzi Independent Elected Prime Minister Faris al-Khoury People's

Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 24 and 25 September 1954, with a second round held between 4 and 5 October. ^[1] Independent candidates emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, whilst the People's Party became the largest single party, with 30 seats. The Muslim Brotherhood did not participate as such. ^[2] There were 64 independents, of whom some were close to the Muslim Brotherhood or to other parties, which explains the discrepancies in the results in various books, and there were also 9 tribal deputies. Some sources mention 140 deputies in total, others 142. ^[3]

Results

Party		Seats
	People's Party	30
	Ba'ath Party	22
	National Party	19
	Socialist Cooperation Party	2
	Syrian Social Nationalist Party	2
	Arab Liberation Movement	2
	Syrian Communist Party	1
	Muslim Brotherhood	0
	Independents	64
Total		142
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p54 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
2. Claude Palazzoli La Syrie - Le rêve et la rupture, Paris, Le Sycomore, 1977 ISBN   2-86262-002-5
3. Yitzhak Oron (Ed.), Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961, The Moshe Dayan Center p.502