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![]() Results by governorate Assad: 90–100% Election not held | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Another variant of the presidential election 1971 results, which includes "against" and "invalid votes". | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Syria on 8 February 1978. [1] There was only one candidate, Hafez al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.9% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 97,0%. [2]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Hafez al-Assad | Ba'ath Party | 3,975,729 | 99.88 | |
Against | 4,798 | 0.12 | ||
Total | 3,980,527 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 3,980,527 | 99.72 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 11,168 | 0.28 | ||
Total votes | 3,991,695 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,115,149 | 97.00 | ||
Source: Nohlen et al. |