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1994 Syrian parliamentary election

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1994 Syrian parliamentary election

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All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria
126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout61.17%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hafez al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party Independents
Alliance NPF
Last election 134 84
Seats won 135 83
Seat change Increase1 Decrease 1

Speaker before election

Abd al-Qadir Qaddura
Ba'ath Party

Elected Speaker

Abd al-Qadir Qaddura
Ba'ath Party

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

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Ba'ath Party135+1
Syrian Communist Party80
Arab Socialist Union Party7–1
Socialist Unionist Party70
Arab Socialist Movement4–1
Democratic Socialist Unionist Party40
Arab Democratic Union Party2New
Independents83–1
Total2500
Total votes3,693,656
Registered voters/turnout6,037,88561.17
Source: Nohlen et al., IPU

References

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  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., p218
  3. ^ Nohlen et al., p226