1973 Syrian parliamentary election

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1973 Syrian parliamentary election

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All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hafez al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party Independents
Alliance NPF
Last election 87 59
Seats won 122 46
Seat change Increase35 Decrease13

Speaker before election

Fahmi al-Yusufi
Ba'ath Party

Elected Speaker

Mohammad Ali al-Halabi
Ba'ath Party

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[edit]

PartySeats
Ba'ath Party122
Syrian Communist Party8
Arab Socialist Union6
Arab Socialist Movement3
Socialist Unionist Party1
Independents46
Total186
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[edit]

  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