1991 Syrian presidential election

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1991 Syrian presidential election
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  1985 2 December 1991 (1991-12-02) 1999  
  Hafez al-Assad official portrait.jpg
Nominee Hafez al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party
Alliance NPF
Popular vote6,726,843
Percentage99.99%

1991 Presidential election in Syria.jpg

President before election

Hafez al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

Elected President

Hafez al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

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]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hafez al-Assad Ba'ath Party 6,726,84399.99
Against3960.01
Total6,727,239100.00
Valid votes6,727,23999.99
Invalid/blank votes7530.01
Total votes6,727,992100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,786,19399.14
Source: Nohlen et al.

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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., p227