1994 Syrian parliamentary election

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%.

1994 Syrian parliamentary election

24 August 1994

All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria
126 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout61.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hafez al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party Independent
Alliance National Progressive Front
Last election 134 84
Seats won 135 83
Seat change 1 1

Speaker before election

Abd al-Qadir Qaddura
Ba'ath Party

Elected Speaker

Abd al-Qadir Qaddura
Ba'ath Party

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Results

Alliance Party Votes % Seats +/–
National Progressive FrontArab Socialist Ba'ath Party135+1
Syrian Communist Party80
Arab Socialist Union7–1
Socialist Unionists70
Arab Socialist Movement4–1
Democratic Socialist Unionist Party40
Arabic Democratic Unionist Party2New
Independents83–1
Invalid/blank votes
Total3,693,5561002500
Registered voters/turnout6,038,18261.2
Source: Nohlen et al.
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References

  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
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