2000 Syrian presidential election
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A presidential referendum was held in Syria on 10 July 2000,[1] following the death of President Hafez al-Assad. The candidate chosen by the parliament was his son, Bashar al-Assad, with voters then asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.7% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 95%.[2]
Background
[edit]After the death of President Hafez al-Assad on 10 June parliament voted to amend the constitution to lower the minimum age for presidential candidates from 40 to 34, Bashar al-Assad's age at the time.[3][4]
Results
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Bashar al-Assad | Ba'ath Party | 8,689,871 | 99.74 | |
Against | 22,439 | 0.26 | ||
Total | 8,712,310 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 8,712,310 | 97.54 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 219,313 | 2.46 | ||
Total votes | 8,931,623 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 9,446,054 | 94.55 | ||
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., p228
- ^ "Bashar al-Assad: Eyeing the future". BBC News. 11 June 2000.
- ^ "Syrians Vote To Confirm Assad's Son As President". The New York Times. 11 July 2000.