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