1981 Syrian parliamentary election

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1981 Syrian parliamentary election
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  1977 9–10 November 1981 1986  

All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria
126 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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IND
Leader Hafez al-Assad Independent politicians
Party Ba'ath Party Independents
Alliance NPF
Last election12546
Seats won12746
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svg

Speaker before election

Mahmoud Hadid
Ba'ath Party

Elected Speaker

Mahmoud Zuabi
Ba'ath Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 9 and 10 November 1981. [1] The result was a victory for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, which won 127 of the 195 seats. [2]

Results

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PartySeats+/–
Ba'ath Party 127+2
Arab Socialist Union Party 9–1
Socialist Unionist Party 8+5
Arab Socialist Movement 5+2
Independents460
Total1950
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