1998 Syrian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Syria were held between 30 November and 1 December 1998 to elect members of the People's Council of Syria, the unicameral parliament.[1] The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 135 of the 250 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 82%.
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All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria 126 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 82.22% | ||||||||||||||||||
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Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Ba'ath Party | 135 | 0 | |||
Syrian Communist Party | 8 | 0 | |||
Arab Socialist Union Party | 7 | 0 | |||
Socialist Unionist Party | 7 | 0 | |||
Arab Socialist Movement | 4 | 0 | |||
Democratic Socialist Unionist Party | 4 | 0 | |||
Arabic Democratic Union Party | 2 | 0 | |||
Independents | 83 | 0 | |||
Total | 250 | 0 | |||
Total votes | 5,501,940 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,691,323 | 82.22 | |||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- Nohlen et al., p226
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