1998 Syrian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections for the People's Council of Syria, the unicameral parliament of Syria were held between 30 November and 1 December 1998.[1] The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 135 of the 250 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 82.2%.

1998 Syrian parliamentary election

30 November 1998

All 250 seats to the Parliament of Syria
126 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout82.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hafez al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party Independent
Alliance National Progressive Front
Last election 135 83
Seats won 135 83

Speaker before election

Abd al-Qadir Qaddura
Ba'ath Party

Elected Speaker

Abd al-Qadir Qaddura
Ba'ath Party

Results

Alliance Party Votes % Seats +/–
National Progressive FrontArab Socialist Ba'ath Party1350
Syrian Communist Party80
Arab Socialist Union70
Socialist Unionists70
Arab Socialist Movement40
Democratic Socialist Unionist Party40
Arabic Democratic Unionist Party20
Independents830
Invalid/blank votes
Total5,501,9401002500
Registered voters/turnout6,691,32382.2
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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.