1973 Syrian constitutional referendum From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 1973 Syrian constitutional referendum 12 March 1973 (1973-03-12) Results Choice Votes % Yes 2,035,215 97.75% No 46,825 2.25% Valid votes 2,082,040 99.85% Invalid or blank votes 3,221 0.15% Total votes 2,085,261 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 2,345,625 88.9% Politics of Syria Member State of the Arab League Constitution Preamble and Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Human rights Executive President (list) Bashar al-Assad Vice President Najah al-Attar Prime Minister (list) Hussein Arnous Deputy Prime Minister Ali Abdullah Ayyoub Legislature People's Assembly Speaker: Hammouda Sabbagh Judiciary High Judicial Council Supreme Constitutional Court Subdivisions Governorates Districts Subdistricts (Nahiyas) Villages Elections Recent elections Presidential: 200720142021 Parliamentary: 201220162020 Political parties National Progressive Front Popular Front for Change and Liberation Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Syrian branch) Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister: Faisal Mekdad Diplomatic missions of / in Syria Syrian nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy UN resolutions on Syria Status of the Golan Heights Syrian civil war Asia portal History portal Other countries vte A constitutional referendum was held in Syria on 12 March 1973.[1] The proposed amendments were approved by 97.8% of voters, with turnout reported to be 88.9%.[2] Results[edit] Choice Votes % For 2,035,215 97.8 Against 46,825 2.3 Invalid/blank votes 3,221 – Total 2,085,261 100 Source: Nohlen et al. References[edit] ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN 0-19-924958-X ^ Nohlen et al., p224 vte Elections and referendums in SyriaPresidential elections 1949 1953 1958 1971 1978 1985 1991 1999 2000 2007 2014 2021 Parliamentary elections 1919 1923 1926 1928 1931 1932 1936 1943 1947 1949 1953 1954 1961 1973 1977 1981 1986 1990 1994 1998 2003 2007 2012 2016 2020 2024 Local elections 2011 2018 2022 Referendums 1949 1953 1958 1961 1971 1973 2012