1973 Syrian parliamentary election

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1973 Syrian parliamentary election
Flag of Syria (1972-1980).svg
  1961 25–26 May 1973 1977  

All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria
126 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Official portrait of Hafez al-Assad.jpg
IND
Leader Hafez al-Assad Independent politicians
Party Ba'ath Party Independents
Alliance NPF
Last election8759
Seats won12246
Seat changeIncrease2.svg35Decrease2.svg13

Speaker before election

Fahmi al-Yusufi
Ba'ath Party

Elected Speaker

Mohammad Ali al-Halabi
Ba'ath Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 25 and 26 May 1973. [1] The result was a victory for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, which won 122 of the 186 seats. [2] They were also the first elections in which the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party ran for seats in parliament, the original Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party had been dissolved in 1966.

Results

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PartySeats
Ba'ath Party 122
Syrian Communist Party 8
Arab Socialist Union 6
Arab Socialist Movement 3
Socialist Unionist Party 1
Independents46
Total186
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p226