1973 Syrian parliamentary election
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.
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Results
| Alliance | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/–[lower-alpha 1] |
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| National Progressive Front | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 122 | +35 | ||
| Syrian Communist Party | 8 | 0 | |||
| Arab Socialist Union | 6 | –5 | |||
| Arab Socialist Movement | 3 | –1 | |||
| Socialist Unionists | 1 | –3 | |||
| Independents | 46 | –13 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 186 | +13 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,350,000 | – | – | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
- Compared to the People's Assembly appointed by Assad in 1971[2]
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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