1998 Syrian parliamentary election

1998 Syrian parliamentary election

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All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria 126 seats needed for a majority
Registered	6,691,323
Turnout	82.22% ( 21.05pp)
First party Second party   IND Leader Hafez al-Assad Independent politicians Party Ba'ath Party Independents Alliance NPF Last election 135 83 Seats won 135 83
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 were held between 30 November and 1 December 1998 to elect members of the People's Council of Syria, the unicameral parliament. ^[1] The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 135 of the 250 seats. ^[2] Voter turnout was 82%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Ba'ath Party			135	0
	Syrian Communist Party			8	0
	Arab Socialist Union Party			7	0
	Socialist Unionist Party			7	0
	Arab Socialist Movement			4	0
	Democratic Socialist Unionist Party			4	0
	Arab Democratic Union Party			2	0
	Independents			83	0
Total				250	0
Total votes		5,501,940	–
Registered voters/turnout		6,691,323	82.22
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., p226