1973 Syrian parliamentary election
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1973 Syrian parliamentary election
All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria
126 seats needed for a majority
All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria
126 seats needed for a majority
First party | Second party | |
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IND
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Leader | Hafez al-Assad | Independent politicians |
Party | Ba'ath Party | Independents |
Alliance | NPF | |
Last election | 87 | 59 |
Seats won | 122 | 46 |
Seat change | Increase35 | Decrease13 |
Arab League Member State of the Arab League |
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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 ]Party | Seats | |
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Ba'ath Party | 122 | |
Syrian Communist Party | 8 | |
Arab Socialist Union | 6 | |
Arab Socialist Movement | 3 | |
Socialist Unionist Party | 1 | |
Independents | 46 | |
Total | 186 | |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
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., p226