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Results by governorate Assad: 90–100% Election not held | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Syria on 2 December 1991. [1] There was only one candidate, Hafez al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.99% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 99.1%. [2]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Hafez al-Assad | Ba'ath Party | 6,726,843 | 99.99 | |
Against | 396 | 0.01 | ||
Total | 6,727,239 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 6,727,239 | 99.99 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 753 | 0.01 | ||
Total votes | 6,727,992 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,786,193 | 99.14 | ||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
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