1953 Syrian presidential election From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 1953 Syrian presidential election← 19491958 → Nominee Adib Shishakli Party Independent Popular vote 861,910 Percentage 99.71% President before election Fawzi Selu Elected President Adib Shishakli Independent 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 Presidential elections were held in Syria on 10 July 1953.[1] There was only one candidate, Adib Shishakli, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.7% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 87%. Results[edit] CandidateVotes%Adib Shishakli861,91099.71Against2,5150.29Total864,425100.00Valid votes863,86599.94Invalid/blank votes5600.06Total votes864,425100.00Registered voters/turnout995,41786.84Source: Nohlen et al.[a] ^ There is a difference of 560 between the total number votes for each option and the total number of valid votes. References[edit] ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN 0-19-924958-X 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 Local elections 2011 2018 2022 Referendums 1949 1953 1958 1961 1971 1973 2012
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