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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.
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| Party | Seats | |
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| Ba'ath Party | 122 | |
| Syrian Communist Party | 8 | |
| Arab Socialist Union | 6 | |
| Arab Socialist Movement | 3 | |
| Socialist Unionist Party | 1 | |
| Independents | 46 | |
| Total | 186 | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||
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