1994 Syrian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 24 and 25 August 1994.[1] Members were elected using the multiple non-transferable vote in fifteen districts, with an average district magnitude of 16.7.[2] The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 135 of the 250 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 61.2%.
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Ba'ath Party | 135 | +1 | |||
Syrian Communist Party | 8 | 0 | |||
Arab Socialist Union Party | 7 | –1 | |||
Socialist Unionist Party | 7 | 0 | |||
Arab Socialist Movement | 4 | –1 | |||
Democratic Socialist Unionist Party | 4 | 0 | |||
Arab Democratic Union Party | 2 | New | |||
Independents | 83 | –1 | |||
Total | 250 | 0 | |||
Total votes | 3,693,656 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,037,885 | 61.17 | |||
Source: Nohlen et al., IPU |
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., p218
- ^ Nohlen et al., p226