1973 Syrian parliamentary election

1973 Syrian parliamentary election
25–26 May 1973
All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
IND
Leader Hafez al-Assad Independent politicians
Party Ba'ath Party Independents
Alliance NPF
Last election 87 59
Seats won 122 46
Seat change 35 13
Speaker before election

Fahmi al-Yusufi
Ba'ath Party

Elected Speaker

Mohammad Ali al-Halabi
Ba'ath Party

Politics of Syria

Member State of the Arab League

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Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 25 and 26 May 1973.[1] The result was a victory for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, which won 122 of the 186 seats.[2] They were also the first elections in which the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party ran for seats in parliament, the original Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party had been dissolved in 1966.

Results

PartySeats
Ba'ath Party122
Syrian Communist Party8
Arab Socialist Union6
Arab Socialist Movement3
Socialist Unionist Party1
Independents46
Total186
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., p226
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