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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%.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| 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 | |||
| Arabic 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 | |||||
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