1994 Syrian parliamentary election

1994 Syrian parliamentary election

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All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria 126 seats needed for a majority
Registered	6,037,885
Turnout	61.17% ( 11.53pp)
First party Second party   IND Leader Hafez al-Assad Independent politicians Party Ba'ath Party Independents Alliance NPF Last election 134 84 Seats won 135 83 Seat change 1 1
Speaker before election Abd al-Qadir Qaddura Ba'ath Party Elected Speaker Abd al-Qadir Qaddura Ba'ath Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 24 and 25 August 1994. ^[1] Members were elected using the multiple non-transferable vote in fifteen districts, with an average district magnitude of 16.7. ^[2] The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 135 of the 250 seats. ^[3] Voter turnout was 61.2%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Ba'ath Party			135	+1
	Syrian Communist Party			8	0
	Arab Socialist Union Party			7	–1
	Socialist Unionist Party			7	0
	Arab Socialist Movement			4	–1
	Democratic Socialist Unionist Party			4	0
	Arab Democratic Union Party			2	New
	Independents			83	–1
Total				250	0
Total votes		3,693,656	–
Registered voters/turnout		6,037,885	61.17
Source: Nohlen et al., IPU

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., p218
3. Nohlen et al., p226