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Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 1 and 2 December 1961. [1] The People's Party remained the largest party in parliament, winning 33 of the 172 seats. These were the last free democratic, multi-party elections in Syria before the Baathist takeover by force in 1963.
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| Party | Seats | +/– | |
| People's Party | 33 | +3 | |
| National Party | 21 | +2 | |
| Ba'ath Party | 20 | –2 | |
| Muslim Brotherhood | 10 | +10 | |
| Arab Liberation Movement | 4 | +2 | |
| Socialist Cooperation Party | 0 | –2 | |
| Syrian Social Nationalist Party | 0 | –2 | |
| Syrian Communist Party | 0 | –1 | |
| Independents | 84 | +20 | |
| Total | 172 | +30 | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||
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