2000 Syrian presidential election

2000 Syrian presidential election

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Turnout	94.55%
Nominee Bashar al-Assad Party Ba'ath Party Alliance NPF Popular vote 8,689,871 Percentage 99.74%
Results by governorate Assad:      90–100%       Election not held
Another variant of the presidential election 2000 results, which includes "against" and "invalid votes".
President before election Abdul Halim Khaddam (acting) Ba'ath Party Elected President Bashar al-Assad Ba'ath Party

A presidential referendum was held in Syria on 10 July 2000, ^[1] following the death of President Hafez al-Assad. The candidate chosen by the parliament was his son, Bashar al-Assad, with voters then asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.7% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 95%. ^[2]

Background

After the death of President Hafez al-Assad on 10 June parliament voted to amend the constitution to lower the minimum age for presidential candidates from 40 to 34, Bashar al-Assad's age at the time. ^{[3] [4]}

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bashar al-Assad	Ba'ath Party	8,689,871	99.74
Against			22,439	0.26
Total			8,712,310	100.00
Valid votes			8,712,310	97.54
Invalid/blank votes			219,313	2.46
Total votes			8,931,623	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,446,054	94.55
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., p228
3. "Bashar al-Assad: Eyeing the future". BBC News . 11 June 2000.
4. "Syrians Vote To Confirm Assad's Son As President". The New York Times . 11 July 2000.